English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd May 2018
Lot 377
A rare Chinese Batavian European-decorated bowl Kangxi 1662-1722
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £480
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Description
A rare Chinese Batavian European-decorated bowl Kangxi 1662-1722, the interior painted in blue with flowering plants, the exterior glazed brown with later wheel-engraved decoration in Saxony or Bohemia of birds in flight among plants, two Chinese coffee cups and a teabowl with later London decoration of flowers, possibly by the Giles atelier, a Chinese teabowl painted with a European figure with his dog, and a covered bowl painted with panels of fruit on a raised enamel trellis ground, some damages, 12.8cm max. (7)
Provenance: the Watney collection.