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A RARE ‘EUROPEAN SUBJECT’ PUNCH
BOWL
Qianlong
Decorated to each side with a central panel
depicting a monk molesting a young woman
in a European style landscape, alternating
with panels of birds in flowering gardens and
smaller floral roundels on a gilt decorated
ground, the interior with a bamboo border.
40cm (15.3/4in) diam.

£2,500 - 4,000
HK$27,000 - 43,000
CNY23,000 - 36,000
For other examples of this design see a
dish in the collection of the Victoria & Albert
Museum, museum number C.79-1963; a 409
coffee cup and saucer in the British Museum,
museum no. 1953, 1015.4.a + b; and
another in a private collection (Hervouet and
Bruneau, 1986, no.7.113).

410
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE EXPORT
‘GARDEN PARTY’ PUNCH BOWL
Qianlong
Finely painted to the exterior in vibrant famille
rose enamels with a continuous garden party
scene, with ladies gathered to play chess
to one side, the gentlemen at the opposite
side eating sweetmeats and drinking by
another table, one of the attendants drinking
wine from the ewer directly, the interior
with flowers and fruits to the centre and a
spearhead pattern at the rim. 38cm (15in)
diam.

£1,000 - 2,000
HK$11,000 - 21,000
410 CNY9,100 - 18,000

411 *
A VARIOUS GROUP OF ‘EUROPEAN
SUBJECT’ PLATES
Qianlong
Comprising: a grisaille and gilt plate with
‘Hercules and the Lion of Nemea’ subject;
a lobed plate with a central medallion of
two European gentlemen playing with a
bird in a fenced terrace, on a bianco-sopra-
bianco design; a dish with a central scene of
European merchants and gilt border; and a
pair of plates with panels of alternating putti.
Each about 23cm (9in) diam. (5).

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$21,000 - 32,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
411

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