The Helen Espir Collection - 12th November 2014
Lot 414
Three Chinese porcelain English-decorated bowls 1st half 18th century
Estimate £100 - £200
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Description
Three Chinese porcelain English-decorated bowls 1st half 18th century, two originally decorated in underglaze blue with large sprays of flowering peony, later-enamelled with the same design in thick enamels of the famille rose palette, the interior with formal borders in the European style, the smaller bowl with Chinese figures, a bowl of fruit, and flowering sprays over an original continuous scrolling design, the interior with a Chinese boy holding a branch of prunus within a grapevine border, 14.6cm max. (3)
Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 496, 602 and 323.
Illustrated: Helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, p.226, pl.28.