PROPERTY FROM THE NELSON KLINE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
A FAMILLE ROSE 'EGGSHELL' RUBY-BACK TEABOWL AND SAUCER
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'EGGSHELL' RUBY-BACK TEABOWL AND SAUCER
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Both are enameled with yellow-ground basketweave borders enclosing a butterfly and flowers.
Saucer: 4 1⁄8 in. (10.5 cm.) diam.
Cup: 2 5⁄8 in. (6.6 cm.) diam.
A similar famille rose ruby-back teabowl and saucer from the Khalil Rizk Collection, formerly in the Morgan Collection, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 25 April 2008, lot 77.
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