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LOT 2464
Chinese Gilt Blue and White Painted Porcelain Cup Group
LATE 18TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (227 grams total, 80 mm wide each).
Comprising two squat bowls with basal ring and gilded undulating rim, landscape scenes to outer face and centre; accompanied by a contemporary English made copy imitating the Chinese originals, circa 1775. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2464
Chinese Gilt Blue and White Painted Porcelain Cup Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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