CHINA for VIETNAM, 19th century Small flat-bottomed plate in "Hué blue" porcelain decorated with three goats next to a high stylised rock from which banana leaves emerge. The rim is ringed with metal. MY NGOC mark in a square cartouche on the base. Diameter 17.8 cm. Minor chips around the rim. Provenance: inherited from a senior officer stationed in Indochina in the early 1950s Expert: Madame Anne Papillon d'Alton