A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE BEAKER AND THREE TEABOWLS circa 1735, 1740, and 1775

the beaker painted with six gilt-edged panels of different birds and animals within two rows of alternating turquoise Y-diaper and pink 'fish-roe' panels between iron-red and gilt trellis diaper bands; the first teabowl lightly molded with six underglaze-blue- and gilt-edged lotus petal-shaped panels of flowers beneath alternating green or turquoise Y-diaper panels on the barbed rim; the second teabowl painted with a Chinese couple, a boy and a dog in an interior setting; and the third teabowl painted with a phoenix and a butterfly amidst flowering branches. Minor chips and a hair crack.

The beaker: 3 minute chips to outer edge of rim. First teabowl: 3mm frit and two 1/16-in. frits to the rim. Second teabowl: 1/16-in. chip outer edge of rim, issuing a 1/4-in faint haircrack. Third teabowl: good condition.
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An almost identical beaker with its cover and stand is illustrated by Williamson, pl. X (bottom, left).

Three teabowls and saucers identical to the second teabowl in this lot were in the collection of Monsieur G. M., Belgium, sold at Sotheby's in London on November 12, 1996, lot 189.