Asian Art II - 23rd May 2012

Lot 691

A Chinese famille rose barber's bowl 18th century

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £420

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Description

A Chinese famille rose barber's bowl 18th century, painted with two scholars and an attendant boy beneath prunus and pine within a wide band of flowerheads upon a green ground, a large rim section broken out and restored, 31.7cm. Cf. G. Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, pl.XXVII for a similar example.