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A Chinese export tea cup and saucer
painted en grisaille and gilt with European figures before buildings; a famille rose, grisaille and gilt cup and saucer with river landscape cartouches within slip moulded floral borders; a Mandarin pattern cup and saucer with figures in boats before pavilions; ten various tea bowls painted in famille rose, grisaille and gilt with European figures playing instruments, love birds, flower sprays, scholars and boys; and a coffee cup painted in blue enamels with butterflies among trailing flowers -- the tea bowls 3½in. (9cms) diam max, all 18th century. (17)
painted en grisaille and gilt with European figures before buildings; a famille rose, grisaille and gilt cup and saucer with river landscape cartouches within slip moulded floral borders; a Mandarin pattern cup and saucer with figures in boats before pavilions; ten various tea bowls painted in famille rose, grisaille and gilt with European figures playing instruments, love birds, flower sprays, scholars and boys; and a coffee cup painted in blue enamels with butterflies among trailing flowers -- the tea bowls 3½in. (9cms) diam max, all 18th century. (17)