The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 06 Feb 2025

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Three Meissen chinoiserie subject teabowls, c.1735-40, one finely painted with Chinese figures

£300 - £500 £1,197

Three Meissen chinoiserie subject teabowls, c.1735-40, one finely painted with Chinese figures beside a steaming samovar and taking tea, another with a Chinese figure holding a fan beside indianische Blumen sprays, the last with a kylin or other mythical creature, and a small cylindrical toilet pot painted with a Chinese boy and a kylin trying to catch a fly, blue crossed swords marks, gilt number 56 to the first, the pot drilled and cover lacking, 8.2cm max dia. (4)

Cf. Bonhams, The Delphinium Collection, 20th March 2013, lot 20 for a teabowl with the same design as the first.

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