The Helen Espir Collection - 12th November 2014
Lot 404
Eleven Chinese porcelain English-decorated bowls 17th and 18th centuries
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £300
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Description
Eleven Chinese porcelain English-decorated bowls 17th and 18th centuries, with varying original underglaze blue decoration including flowers, fish, lion dogs and Buddhist emblems, all but one later-decorated in the Imari-style with additional figures, deer, sentry boxes and general red and gilt highlights to the existing decoration, two covers with similar decoration, and a small chocolate pot with extended tiered buildings and flowers in red and gilt, 14cm max. (14)
Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 395, 422, 481, 491, 511, 536, 578, 579, 586, 612, 641 and 733.
Illustrated: ECC Transactions, Vol.23, Helen Espir, London Decoration on Chinese Porcelain, p.34 pls 7a & 7b, for the sugar bowl and lid.