Asian Art Day One - 20th May 2009

Lot 372

A Chinese lacquered shallow dish

Estimate £100 - £200

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Description

A Chinese lacquered shallow dish, finely painted with seven maidens on a terrace beneath leafy trees, finely drawn in black on a green-brown ground, 1st half 19th century, minor damage, 21.7cm. Provenance: Acquired by John Reeves after his arrival in Canton in 1812, and thence by descent.