Plate, hard paste porcelain, decorated with an underglaze blue painted spray of flowers and grasses in naturalistic style and reversed-out border of flowers and bamboo; back, blue painted six-character mark translating as (place) White Cloud Hall, (make

Plate, hard paste porcelain, decorated with an underglaze blue painted spray of flowers and grasses in naturalistic style and reversed-out border of flowers and bamboo; back, blue painted six-character mark translating as (place) White Cloud Hall, (maker) Chow Soldier Made, together with some contemporary western characters of unknown significance, made in China or Japan, late 19th - early 20th century
though the inscription suggests the plate was made in China the style of decoration is Japanese