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LOT 2128
Large Chinese Decorated Porcelain Bowl Pair
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
14 in. (4.9 kg total, 35.5 cm wide).
Decorated with a polychrome frieze of scalloped cartouches displaying birds perched amongst fruiting vegetation, insects in the field, repeated around the neck with flowering plants alternating with cartouches depicting birds amongst vegetation; interior with gilt roundel to base with floral spray, three plants around. [2]
Provenance
From a UK private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11717-198623.
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LOT 2128
Large Chinese Decorated Porcelain Bowl Pair
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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