Lot 97
  • 97

A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE HEXAFOIL EGGSHELL TEABOWL AND SAUCER circa 1735

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
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Description

  • diameters 3 3/8 and 5 1/8 in.
  • 8.6 and 13 cm
each finely painted with a cock standing beneath or near flowering peony branches and confronting another perched on a rock. Small chips and cracks.

Provenance

The Stodel Collection, no. PCR 22

Condition

Teabowl with 1/16 inch chip on outer edge of rim above the rooster, the saucer with a 2 1/2-inch star crack in center, 1/2-inch haircrack on rim edge at 11 o'clock and a 1/8-in. rim chip. Stodel sticker.
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