Description
the exterior gilt with a pair of mythical winged lions surmounting a Persian inscription, amongst birds and flowers painted in the typical Canton famille rose fashion, all reserved on a dense floral ground
Dimensions
23cm diam
Footnote
Provenance:
A private Edinburgh collection.
Note:
The present lot is part of a particular set of porcelain service commissioned by the Shah of Persia Nasr al-Din Qajar around 1865, as confirmed by the Persian inscription on the bowl. Please see Daniel Nadler: China to Order: Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Polychrome Export Porcelain Produced During the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1908, pl. 208, p. 167.