M5098
£9,500
Description
A pair of Chinese enamel saucer dishes, each painted with two figures in the foreground in a river landscape scene with pavilions, buildings and tall rockwork, enclosed in a yellow ground floral border with gilt metal rim and foot rim, the undersides with archaic style dragons and a dragon medallion on the base.
6 3/8 inches, 16.2 cm diameter.
Qianlong, 1736-1795.
Condition
Some scratches and crackles.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Formerly in an American private collection.
- Sold by Chait Galleries, New York, circa 1950.
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