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                                                                              A GROUP OF ENAMELLED EXPORT TEA
                                                                              WARES INCLUDING A ‘CRUCIFIX’ TEA
                                                                              BOWL AND SAUCER
                                                                              18th century
                                                                              Comprising: a ‘crucifix’ bowl and saucer, the
                                                                              interior of the bowl with the symbols of the
                                                                              hammer and nails, crown of thorns and flails;
                                                                              a ‘European subject’ tea bowl and saucer
                                                                              enamelled with two couples courting in a
                                                                              garden; another similar ‘European subject’
                                                                              tea bowl and saucer; an armorial dish with a
                                                                              puce and gilt decorated flat rim. The armorial
                                                                              dish: 23cm (9in) diam. (7).
             612
                                                                              £1,000 - 1,500
                                                                              HK$10,000 - 16,000
                                                                              CNY8,800 - 13,000

                                                                              613
                                                                              A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT TEA
                                                                              WARES
                                                                              Qianlong
                                                                              Comprising: a pair of tea cups and saucers
                                                                              bearing the Arms of New York, circa 1790; a
                                                                              cream jug and cover bearing a British sailing
                                                                              ship; a tea cup bearing British and Dutch
                                                                              sailing ships; a small famille rose cream jug
                                                                              decorated with scenes of Guanyin amongst
                                                                              foaming waves; and an en grisaille tea caddy
                                                                              and cover with a European couple.
                                                                              The largest 15cm (5.7/8in) high. (10).
                                                                              £1,000 - 1,500
                                                                              HK$10,000 - 16,000
              613                                                             CNY8,800 - 13,000
                                                                              For a comparable pair to the Arms of New
                                                                              York set, held in the Metropolitan Museum
                                                                              of Art, New York, see D.S. Howard, Chinese
                                                                              Armorial Porcelain, p. 753, W4

                                                                              614
                                                                              THREE EXPORT DISHES
                                                                              18th century
                                                                              Comprising: an ‘Arbor’ pattern plate, after
                                                                              a design by Cornelius Pronk; an en-grisaille
                                                                              and gilt plate with a scene of European
                                                                              figures in a landscape; and a famille rose
                                                                              enamelled dish with an attendant offering tea
                                                                              to a gentleman on horseback, and a lady in
                                                                              a palanquin. The ‘Arbor’ dish 22.8cm (9in)
                                                                              diam. (3).
                                                                              £1,500 - 2,000
             614                                                              HK$16,000 - 21,000
                                                                              CNY13,000 - 18,000












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