A CHINESE EXPORT 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' BREAKFAST TEABOWL AND SAUCER CIRCA 1800

each piece painted with a roundel of a cow. Together with a coffee cup painted in grisaille with a scene of children fishing; and coffee cup painted with a hunting dog. 4 pieces.

Breakfast teabowl: There are some minor flaking to the gilding on the inner rim. Saucer: There are three 1 inch haircracks to the rim and a 1/8 inch rim chip. Cup with dog: there is a Y shaped crack from the rim to the footrim, oversprayed to the left of the dog panel. Other cup: Handle restored and probably made up, and there is wear to the gilding to the rim.
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The coffee cups, both with very unusual scenes, clearly demonstrate their engraved sources in the cross-hatching technique used in their decoration.