A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN SEMI-EGGSHELL TEABOWLS AND SAUCE...

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£460

A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN SEMI-EGGSHELL TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS
YONGZHENG, 1723-1735
粉彩西洋人物杯碟 清 雍正 
of petal form painted in iron-red, gilt, blue, green and aubergine enamels, with a young woman opening the door of a bird cage, beside a seated man wearing a tri-corn hat in a fenced garden with flowers and three birds, the subject is taken from a painting entitled 'Le denicheur d'oiseaux'
Saucer: 10.7cm diameter

PROVENANCE: Formerly in the Hervouet Collection, no. 288

NOTE: A similar teabowl and saucer formerly in the Nuno de Castro Collection illustrated in 'Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections' bu Jorge Getulio Veiga, col. pl. 158 and another in 'Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes decor occidental,' no. 4.26, p.90

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Good overall condition, both cups each with a well repaired rim nick