Sale 8014
Cowdray Park
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13 - 15 September 2011
Price realised
GBP 12,500
Estimate
A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL 19TH CENTURY Brightly enamelled all around the exterior with warriors, dignitaries and ladies, many on horseback, in a rocky landscape, the interior with dragons pursuing flaming pearls, butterflies and flower sprays 23½ in. (60 cm.) diameter
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