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A large Cantonese punch bowl
19th century
painted and gilt to the interior and exterior with shaped panels of dignitaries and ladies at leisure on terraces and before pavilions, all within key-fret borders and on grounds of butterflies amongst precious objects and scattered flower sprays, the rims with a band of bats, birds and further butterflies amid dense fruits and flowers -- 15¾in. (40cm.) diam, (minor rubbing).
See Illustration.
19th century
painted and gilt to the interior and exterior with shaped panels of dignitaries and ladies at leisure on terraces and before pavilions, all within key-fret borders and on grounds of butterflies amongst precious objects and scattered flower sprays, the rims with a band of bats, birds and further butterflies amid dense fruits and flowers -- 15¾in. (40cm.) diam, (minor rubbing).
See Illustration.