English & European Ceramics & Glass - 24th November 2015
Lot 441
A Chinese armorial teabowl Qianlong c.1750
Estimate £50 - £100 | Hammer £160
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Description
A Chinese armorial teabowl Qianlong c.1750, painted in the famille rose palette with the arms of Langton, the reverse with sprays of European flowers, the interior with a red and gilt foliate band, 7.7cm dia.
This service was one of two made for Nicholas Langton of Danganmore, Co. Kilkenny, and of Cadiz in Spain. Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain Vol. I, p.952.
Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.