A CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL SAUCER-SHAPED DISH

Lot 74
04.08.2020 09:00UTC +00:00
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£ 5 625
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 74 | A CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL SAUCER-SHAPED DISH
Estimate value
£ 700 – 1 000
Delicately painted to the interior with a butterfly hovering above a composite floral cluster with fruiting peach, below five bats amongst clouds on a cell-pattern ground at the sides, the yellow-ground reverse with three dragons pursuing flaming pearls amongst clouds and a blue phoenix roundel to the underside; together with a pair of Chinese yellow-ground painted enamel beakers, 19th century, decorated with quatrefoil panels of figures reserved on a floral ground on the exteriors; and a Chinese provincial polychrome dish, 19th century, with a flowerhead at the centre surrounded by foliage
The saucer dish: 63/8 in. (16.3 cm.) diameter
The beakers: 41/2 in. (11.3 cm.) high
The dish: 8 in. (20 cm.) diameter
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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