A BLUE-GROUND ENAMELED ‘PEACOCK AND PRUNUS’ PLAQUE, LATE QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The almost square plaque finely painted in bright enamels with green imitating robin’s egg, blue-green, pink, light cobalt blue, violet, and lemon-yellow depicting a peacock with colorful plumage perched on a blossoming prunus branch, his head turned backwards. Overall with sensitively added red, black, and green accents, in the left corner with craggy rockwork, all above a rich, dark blue ground, reminiscent of Kangxi powder blue.Provenance: Neikrug Galleries, Inc., New York. A private collection in New York, USA, acquired from the above and thence by descent. A label to the reverse from Neikrug Galleries, Inc., inscribed ‘998’ and ‘Title: #123oa. Artist: Tao Kuang Dynasty 1821. Unknown Chinese. Medium: Porcelain Tile’. The Neikrug Galleries were established by Marjorie ‘Marge’ Neikrug (1913-2017) in 1971 and specialized in contemporary photography, photographica, rare books, and Chinese art. Mrs. Neikrug was a dealer, collector, appraiser, and one of the founding members of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers. She taught at the Parsons School of Design in New York City and at New York University.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and few light scratches. The frame with few small nicks, light scratches, and minor losses.Dimensions: Image size 34.6 x 31.7 cm, Size incl. mounting 42.2 x 39.2 cmIn a modern wood frame. (2)清末藍地《孔雀紅梅圖》瓷板中國，十九世紀。近正方形的瓷板，琺瑯彩精細繪製，使用綠色、藍綠色、粉紅色、淺鈷藍色、紫羅蘭色和檸檬黃色描繪了一隻長著五顏六色羽毛的孔雀棲息在盛開的梅花樹上，它的頭向後仰。整體巧妙地加入了紅、黑、綠的點綴，左角有崎嶇的岩石。