Sale 6731
London
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17 June 2003
Price realised
GBP 1,792
Estimate
A FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL SAUCER-DISH 18TH/19TH CENTURY With shallow rounded sides, the centre with an octafoil cartouche enclosing a bird and a butterfly among peony, chrysanthemum and rockwork, reserved on a yellow diaper ground within a key-pattern band, below cartouches of fruit and flowers on a blue floral ground, the reverse with a central dragon roundel, scrolling foliage and lotus 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Christie's London, 14 May 1979, lot 174.
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