M3929
£1,800
Description
A pair of Chinese porcelain famille rose tea-bowls and saucer, each painted in the centre with flowering camellia on branches with two tones of green leaves, within black enamel ruyi head reserves, all on an iron-red ground with prunus, lotus and white peony, the conical tea-bowls similarly painted.
The saucers: 4 ¼ inches, 10.9cm diameter; the tea-bowls: 2 ¾ inches, 7cm diameter.
Early Qianlong, circa 1745.
Condition
Excellent.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Formerly in a private French Collection.
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