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A Cantonese bowl
painted and gilt with shaped panels of dignitaries and ladies on terraces before pavilions and in gardens, all on a dense ground of precious objects and butterflies amongst flowers, the rim with bats in flight, ribboned cash and birds and butterflies amongst foliage -- 14in. (36.2cm.) diam, 19th Century.
See Back Cover Illustration.
painted and gilt with shaped panels of dignitaries and ladies on terraces before pavilions and in gardens, all on a dense ground of precious objects and butterflies amongst flowers, the rim with bats in flight, ribboned cash and birds and butterflies amongst foliage -- 14in. (36.2cm.) diam, 19th Century.
See Back Cover Illustration.