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A MANDARIN PALETTE PART TEA SERVICE
CIRCA 1785
Each piece painted with a palace garden scene showing a mother and two small boys, one holding up a toy, as a servant approaches with tea, other courtyards and pavilions detailed in the background, all on a gilt vine ground with panels of flowering boughs, comprising:
Teapot and cover (slight wear)
Tea caddy and cover (short rim lines)
Cream jug and cover (slight wear)
Six teabowls and saucers (tiny chips, three bowls and one saucer with a faint line each, one saucer with four short lines) (9)
CIRCA 1785
Each piece painted with a palace garden scene showing a mother and two small boys, one holding up a toy, as a servant approaches with tea, other courtyards and pavilions detailed in the background, all on a gilt vine ground with panels of flowering boughs, comprising:
Teapot and cover (slight wear)
Tea caddy and cover (short rim lines)
Cream jug and cover (slight wear)
Six teabowls and saucers (tiny chips, three bowls and one saucer with a faint line each, one saucer with four short lines) (9)