A pair of Chinese porcelain European-decorated teabowls and a saucer c.1720-30

A pair of Chinese porcelain European-decorated teabowls and a saucer c.1720-30, the small bowls of ogee-shape, originally decorated with small flower sprays and a continuous scrolling design in underglaze blue, with later enamelled detailing in red, green and gilt, a larger teabowl with original celadon exterior over-enamelled in Holland with a formal baroque design of foliate scrolls, and a small bowl later decorated with birds perched in flowering peony branches over the original anhua decoration, the interior with a yellow cockerel within iron red and gilt floral sprays, 15cm max. (5)

Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 561, 911 and 640.