Lot 76
  • 76

A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE EGGSHELL TEABOWL AND SAUCER circa 1730

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
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Description

  • diameters 2 5/8 and 4 5/16 in.
  • 6.7 and 10.9 cm
each painted in the center with a floral roundel and with four further floral roundels alternating with ruyi-head devices interrupting the pink cell diaper ground and gold Y-diaper border, the rim with a pink trellis diaper and floral panel border.

Provenance

S. E. Mossel, Amsterdam 

Exhibited

Amsterdam, the Rijksmuseum, Tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst, 1929, no. 1159 (a 16-piece tea service)

Condition

In good condition. Rijksmusuem 1929 sticker, also Mussel (owner).
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