Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 1st July 2020

Lot 134

A MASSIVE CHINESE WUCAI 'SCHOLARS' SCROLL BOWL EARLY 19TH CENTURY The ovoid body painted in enamels

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £2800

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Description

A MASSIVE CHINESE WUCAI 'SCHOLARS' SCROLL BOWL

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

The ovoid body painted in enamels, gilt and underglaze blue with Immortals, scholars and their assistants in a landscape enjoying tea, appreciating scrolls and travelling on horseback, the shoulder with a key fret band and the rim with floral panels on a diaper ground, the top of the rim with birds, insects, fruit and flower sprays, 53.5cm.

Provenance: formerly an English private collection, Oxfordshire.