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A Chinese blue and white 'Woodcutter below Pine' large plate, 18thC, dia 45,3 cm - A Chinese blue and white 'Woodcutter below Pine' large plate, 18thC, dia 45,3 cm A Chinese blue and white 'Woodcutter below Pine' large plate, the rim with an elaborated band with sprays of butterflies, stellar installations, scroll waves, and ruyi heads, the centre with a scene of a woodcutter looking towards the fishermen, standing below a large pine tree, and set in a mountainous river landscape, depicting the Four Noble Occupations: scholars, farmers, fishermen, and woodcutters; the pine symbolises the scholars, and the woodcutter wearing a straw hat representing the farmers and the woodcutters, 18thC (Qianlong period), dia 45,3 cm