A Fine Early 18th Century Famille Rose Porcelain Plate, Yongzheng Period 1723-1735. The center of this plate is decorated with a version of The Hundred Antiques design. This not a specific design or pattern, rather a concept of a design which changes again and again depending on where it is used. It is a seemingly miscellaneous collection of objects and flowers that appear to have no meaning. However, most have scholarly connotations, flower vases, scrolls, musical instruments, sacred fungus etc. The design might include elements of the Eight Treasures, the Four Treasures, or the symbols of Four Fine Arts (music, chess, calligraphy, and painting). Not all the items in these designs are necessarily antiques, some are contemporary objects as well as fruit and flowers, each of which has its own significance and meaning. The inner border is of puce diaper pattern and there are plants as well as fruit around the rim.