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A SMALL COLLECTION OF FAMILLE ROSE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN AND TWO REFERENCE BOOKS THE PORCELAIN MAINLY 18TH CENTURY Comprising a tea bowl and saucer painted with a pair of doves within a rocaille border; a pair and one teacup painted with flowers; a verte-imari saucer; a pair of side dishes decorated with figures in a palace interior; a globular teapot painted with a figural panel; a Cantonese famille rose barrel-shaped teapot; an English teacup painted with flowers; the reference book 'Chinese Art' by Leigh Ashton (ed.), 1935; and 'The Book of Famille Rose' by G.C. Williamson, 1927.

Provenance

Collected by Mrs Lightfoot prior to 1927. The vendor's husband's aunt, Mrs Lightfoot, is mentioned in 'The Book of Famille Rose' by G.C. Williamson, 1927.