FOUR CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN ‘ADAM’S’ PATTERN PLATES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1736 – 1795 清 乾隆粉彩’ADAM’S’ 盤一组 Vividly painted with a central famille-rose sprig of a pink rose, within a bamboo and floral sprigged border, the rim with a spearhead border in iron-red and gilt, comprising, four identical plates, and another similar (5) Diameter: 23cm For a discussion of this pattern see China For America, Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries, by Hebert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1980, page 107, where the authors illustrate a similar example, originally from the home of John & Abigail Adams (1735 - 1826 & 1764 - 1818) from their home in Quincy, Massachusetts, now in the Whitehouse Collection. John Adams was the second President of the United States of America, 1797-1801.