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8037 (reverse) Property from a Northern California Estate

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An enameled tray decorated with foreign figures
Qianlong period
The rectangular tray raised on four bracket feet and delicately
painted with a foreign gentleman seated on a carpet flanked by three
companions waiting for refreshments brought by two servants and a
putti in flight, the figures gathered on a lush riverbank with overarching
pines and maple trees, the scene enclosed by a diaper and floral
border and reversed by a dynamic scene of a yellow and a blue
dragon cavorting in billowing clouds under a yellow ‘cracked ice and
prunus’ border.
12in (30.5cm) long
$6,000 - 10,000

Provenance
Bluett London and HHG (Sir Harry Garner) paper label affixed

8037
A rare pair of European figural enameled
saucer dishes
Qianlong period
Each supported on a small circular foot and tapering outward to a
wide copper rim, decorated with two scenes of European figures,
the first showing a seated foreigner in a room interior served fish by
a waiting attendant, the other a foreign gentleman seated under a
tree with a putti playing nearby, the scenes enclosed by alternating
reserves of landscape and floral sprays, the underside painted with
foliate and diaper meanders.
4 5/8in (11.8cm) diameter
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
Bluett London and HHG (Sir Harry Garner) paper labels affixed