• The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art auction at Christies

    Sale 8014

    The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex

    Cowdray Park

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    13 - 15 September 2011

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    • A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE
    Lot 440

    A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL

    19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 12,500

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    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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