M3425

A pair of semi-eggshell Chinese export porcelain cups and saucers painted with six panels of alternating white and pink flowers, the saucers with a central medallion with a large flowerhead repeated in the well of the cups, all on a black enamel ground with leaves and flowers.

Cups 7.4cm diameter, 4cm high, saucers 11.5cm diameter, 2cm high.

Qianlong, 1736-1795.

A pair of Chine porcelain famille rose European subject fluted tea-bowls and saucers, each painted with a reclining lady with European hairstyle, lying on a bed beside a stack of books, in a fenced terrace scene with a bird perched on a branch, the ladies shoes in the foreground, encircled by six reserves of peony and chrysanthemum on different diaper grounds of iron-red, turquoise and pink enamel, the body fluted beneath a foliate guilt rim, the tea-bowls similarly painted.

The saucers: 4 ¼ inches, 10.9cm diameter; the tea-bowl: 2 ½ inches, 6.5cm diameter.

Early Qianlong, circa 1750.

Pair of Chinese porcelain famille rose tobacco leaf tea pots and covers, brightly enamelled with the yellow, turquoise and pink enamel leaves together with underglaze blue leaves.

6 inches, 15.3 cm high, 7 ¾ inches/other 8 inches, 19.7 cm handle to spout.

Qianlong 1736-1795.