ID 960161
Lot 2847 | A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL CUP AND SAUCER
Estimate value
HKD 300 000 – 500 000
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The cup is decorated on the exterior with two cartouche panels, each enclosing a European classical subject with figures in an outdoor setting and surrounded by composite flower scrolls reserved on an olive-green ground, all above a border of fruiting wreath around the foot. The saucer is similarly decorated with a different figural scene in the center of the interior.
Cup: 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) diam.
Saucer: 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
John Sparks, London, 20 December 1954 (Fig. 1)
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. (X)197
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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