The Helen Espir Collection - 12 Nov 2014
A pair of Chinese porcelain Dutch-decorated coffee cups and a tea canister 1st half 18th century
A pair of Chinese porcelain Dutch-decorated coffee cups and a tea canister 1st half 18th century, the coffee cups pencilled in underglaze blue with sprays of lotus, between narrow famille verte borders, the tea canister with floral anhua decoration, later-enamelled with baskets of flowers in the Dutch doré manner, the narrower sides with a fisherman in a landscape, between similar narrow bands of famille verte, 10cm max. (3)
Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 801 and 595.