A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE BOWL AND SAUCER CIRCA 1730-35

each finely painted with two ladies on horseback riding amongst pavilions, the walls painted in oxidized silver and gold.

Gordon, 1977, p. 86, pl. 76 (the bowl)

Saucer – there is a half inch chip to the rim at 5 o’clock with an associated haircrack running down from the repaired section1 inch. There is another haircrack to the rim at 1 o’clock. approx 1 ¼ inches long. There are some patches of rubbing to the bronzed and silver decoration. Bowl – a 2 inch by 1 inch section of the side has been broken out and restored back in. There is a 2 ½ inch haircrack running down from the rim and a 2 inch haircrack running down from the rim. There is a 1/8 inch rim chip.
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A bowl with an everted rim in this rare pattern was sold at Christie's, London, March 10, 1980, lot 124.