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Hello All! Can anyone tell me if this 9" plate is famille rose or famille verte? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! David.

Those terms properly apply to predominance of early Qing Dynasty brilliant transparent green enamels, or to wares with pink enamels based on colloidal gold as seen in few post-Kangxi reigns of Qing Dynasty.

Your example shows neither type of enamel and is much more recently made.

Be content with considering it to be "enameled" ware.

The terms of famille rose,and verte,and noir were not used by 18th century buyers or sellers of such ware, The terms were invented by French writers of the later 19th century to describe earlier works of certain dominant or new colors. It really does not apply to recent works such as yours.

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