The Helen Espir Collection - 12 Nov 2014
Two Chinese porcelain English-decorated small bowls 18th century
Two Chinese porcelain English-decorated small bowls 18th century, originally decorated in underglaze blue with figures in landscape scenes, later-enamelled with highlights in red and green to the existing design, and with sprays of flowering prunus in thick white and pink enamels, one with grapevine to the interior, the other with a basket of flowers in the Dutch manner within panels on a green ground, the interior with parrots on branches, a coffee cup and a small mug with similar thick polychrome over-enamelling to an existing design of willow, peony and bamboo, 10.3cm max. (4)
Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 391, 315, 701 and 468.