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AN UNUSUAL ELEPHANT
PROCESSION BOWL
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1780
In the ‘Mandarin palette’ with a continuous
scene of a procession, the interior with a
decorative stylised wide foral border at the
rim, the centre with a European couple
within a medallion
11¿ in. (28.8 cm.) diameter
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TWO FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN
SUBJECT PLATES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1735-96)
Both depicting courting couples within
gilt scroll-and-shell borders
8√ in. (22 cm.) diameter, the hunter plate
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter, the couple plate (2)
$3,000-4,000

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TWO FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN
SUBJECT PLATES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1735-96)
The well-known mythological scene,
‘The Judgment of Paris’, and a rare harvest
scene possibly depicting the Biblical
subject of ‘Ruth, Naomi and Orpah’
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter (2)
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE
From the collection of Dr Hardouin,
Nantes, western France.

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