A rare Chinese Batavian European-decorated teabowl and saucer Kangxi 1622-1722

A rare Chinese Batavian European-decorated teabowl and saucer Kangxi 1622-1722, with underglaze blue decoration of flying insects around flowerhead mon, the underside of the saucer and teabowl's exterior glazed in a brown lustre, wheel-engraved in Saxony or Bohemia with a continuous stag hunt, the unfortunate beasts chased through trees by hounds and a figure with a spear, 9.6cm. (2)

Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, no. 862. Purchased from Geoffrey Waters, May 2002.

Illustrated: Helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, p.59, pl.12.