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A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL
ITEMS
18 AND 19 CENTURY
TH
TH
Comprising: a pair of teapots and covers decorated with insects amongst
blossoming flowers, a circular floral-decorated dish with five stylised dragons
on a yellow ground to the base, a rectangular dish with chamfered corners,
and a quatrelobed tray painted with European figures in a garden, the reverse
with a landscape scene and an old paper label, 31cm max. (7)
£1,500-2,500
Provenance: from an English private collection, probably acquired in the 19th or
early 20th century, and thence by descent.
Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels, 5, Painted
Enamels in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), pp.366-367, no.295 for a similarly
decorated yellow circular dish also with five blue dragons to the base.
542
A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL SQUARE
TRAY
18 CENTURY
TH
543 Decorated with an official and two ladies standing by a
horse and attendant in a garden, the foreground with a
reclining old man seated by a cart, all contained within
a delicate band of scrolling flowers and foliage, with an
archaistic dragon and a mark reading cui qi to the reverse,
10.2cm.
£300-400
543
A PAIR OF CHINESE LAQUE BURGAUTE BOWLS
18 CENTURY
TH
The U-shaped bodies rising from short flared feet to everted rims, decorated
with continuous scenes of figures in gardens between geometric and floral
bands, the interiors and bases lined with metal, 12.3cm. (2)
£800-1,200

544
A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE BRONZE MODELS OF LION DOGS
QING DYNASTY
Each beast depicted with one paw resting on a brocade ball, their faces
cast with fierce bulging eyes and wide open mouths, with tight curls of fur
framing their heads and to the backs of their legs, each with a small pup
clambering on its back, 32cm, 5kg each. (2)
544
£1,500-2,500
18 See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices