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THREE ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE PAINTED A SMALL GROUP OF PAINTED ENAMEL
CHAMBER’ PAINTED ENAMEL SQUARE ENAMEL DISHES AND A SQUARE TRAY TEA WARES
TRAYS Qianlong Qianlong
18th century The pair of circular dishes finely painted with Comprising: a tea caddy and cover, the
Each small quatre-lobed tray finely enamelled peony and other floral sprays, enclosed in a quatre-lobed body enamelled with exterior
to the centre with a scene from the Xixiangji foliate cartouche and reserved on a typical scenes of scholars and attendants in terraced
with the lovers Yingying and Zhang Sheng, scrolled meander ground, the exteriors with gardens between scrolled bands at the
with an inscription describing the narrative a lemon yellow ground and further scrolls; shoulder and foot; two overhead handle
and red seals, the base with a two-character the quatre-lobed shallow tray with a central square teapots, one with a cover, each
seal mark; together with three further trays scene with scholars conversing in a garden, decorated with groups of ‘The Hundred
variously enamelled with European scenes, the base with a two-character mark within an Antiques’, on a scrolled ground; another
Chinese narrative scenes and scholars at archaistic dragon motif. teapot and cover, similarly decorated.
leisure. Each dish: 21cm (8 1/4in) diam. (3). The tea caddy: 10cm (3 7/8in) high (6).
The largest: 10.1cm (4in) wide (6).
£500 - 600 £500 - 600
£400 - 600 CNY4,600 - 5,500 CNY4,600 - 5,500
CNY3,700 - 5,500 HK$5,500 - 6,600 HK$5,500 - 6,600
HK$4,400 - 6,600
Provenance Provenance
Provenance An American private collection (label) An American private collection (label)
An American private collection (labels)

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