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LOT 1701
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]
ProvenanceFrom 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 1701
Large Chinese Decorated Porcelain Bowl Pair
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Piriform in profile with broad mouth and rolled rim, cream glaze. 2.8 kg, 30cm high
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.