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QIANLONG (1736-95)
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE SAUCER-DISHES
Qianlong (1736-95)
Each finely and delicately enamelled at the centre with three butterflies hovering in flight beside a peony spray encircling a smaller butterfly on a spray of fruiting lychee, within an iron-red and gilt band of spearheads in the well and a wide pierced border enamelled in cream and sepia simulating bamboo, minor chips restored
9¾ in. (24.5 cm.) diam. (2)
Qianlong (1736-95)
Each finely and delicately enamelled at the centre with three butterflies hovering in flight beside a peony spray encircling a smaller butterfly on a spray of fruiting lychee, within an iron-red and gilt band of spearheads in the well and a wide pierced border enamelled in cream and sepia simulating bamboo, minor chips restored
9¾ in. (24.5 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 November 1973, lot 205.
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-10).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-10).
Special notice
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