A CHINESE IRON-RED-DECORATED 'FABLES' PUNCH-BOWL
A CHINESE IRON-RED-DECORATED 'FABLES' PUNCH-BOWL

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-96)

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A CHINESE IRON-RED-DECORATED 'FABLES' PUNCH-BOWL
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-96)
Very finely enamelled with a continuous scene on the exterior depicting a distressed fox with its foreleg caught in a trap watched by a hissing goose and two goslings on one side of a lake, the other bank with a hen and four chicks witnessing a cockerel being captured by another fox, the centre of the interior with two exotic long-tailed birds below an iron-red and gilt border of ruyi lappets, pendant florettes, cell- and trellis-pattern bands, restored
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) diam.

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