A Chinese Canton Enamel Tea Bowl and Saucer, Qianlong (1736-95)

Ref: W920

£ 1,850

Price is subject to availability and market conditions.

A Chinese Canton enamel tea bowl and saucer, Qianlong (1736-95), each painted with an Asian pheasant perched upon a bough of flowering prunus, with peony and other flowers issuing from rockwork below, the borders painted with trailing blue flowers and highlights in gilt; the base with applied label 'Chien Lung Period 1736-1795 AD', and catalogue number 1

Dimensions:

Diameter of saucer: 11.25cm. (4 7/16in.); diameter of cup: 7cm. (2 3/4in.)

Condition:

Historically restorers sprayed extensively covering an area much larger than the damage; making judging damage difficult. Nearly all early Canton has faults

Provenance:

John Sparks Ltd. Purchased by the vendors in the 1970s. ISBN: 0900090553

This piece was loaned by the vendors to be included in an exhibition of Chinese Painted Enamel at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1978, curated by Michael Gillingham.