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by: peter

Thanks for the additional pictures.
The shape looks Chinese, rather than European, that is for sure, and the shape of the foot rim would be right for that too. Plates and saucers in China did have a round rim, originally, not a flat one like the western ones. But, the decoration does still look all European. Also, the saucer (or rather its depth) looks a higher than normal.

As I said, there have been some export items that were painted almost all in European style, perhaps in Canton. I don't have enough resources to check on a large array of export porcelain patterns and shapes, here, as I mostly rely on Chinese language books for porcelain. Chinese have less information and knowledge on the export wares than western books and people have, it seems.
Actually, I would be interested to learn of a good book that introduces a wide range of export patterns.

I want to draw your attention to one thing, however. The European East India Companies did not only buy finished porcelain in China. They also bought blanks for decoration in Europe.
We have to take both possibilities into consideration.

In such a situation like this where there is more than one possibility, I would suggest to just keep an eye on both possibilities, until you chance on another, similar object, happen to find other proof either way.

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