A group of four Chinese famille rose dishes

Comprising: one dish decorated with a deer and crane amongst lingzhi below bats in flight, the base with a Xianfeng mark in iron red; one dish depicting four characters from the Wu Shuang Pu (the Table of Peerless Heroes) and their names and descriptions; one dish decorated with the poet Li Bai and figures, all surrounded by flower sprays, the exterior with bats and the base with a Tongzhi mark in iron red; and a dragon and phoenix dish, all reserved on a ground scrolling peonies and iron red scrolls, the rim with a European-style link band.

The ‘deer and crane’ dish: 15 cm. diam. The 'Wu Shuang Pu' dish: 19.5 cm. diam. The figural dish: 22 cm. diam. The 'dragon and phoenix' dish: 20 cm. diam.