Sale 8377
London, South Kensington
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13 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 805
Estimate
A Cantonese part dinner service comprising two shaped oval dishes -- 10in. (26.7cm.) wide; ten circular dinner plates -- 10in. (25.4cm.) diam; two smaller plates -- 10in. (25.4cm.) diam; twenty-four side plates -- 7in. (17.8cm.) and 7in. (19cm.) diam; and fourteen saucer dishes -- 6in. (15.2cm.) diam, all decorated in coloured enamels on celadon grounds with birds and butterflies in flight amongst scattered fruit and flower sprays, 19th Century. (52)
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