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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]

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 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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