£4,000
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 640
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
清 廣東銅胎畫琺瑯動物紋方形杯盤(四組八件)
comprising: four square saucers of canted edges, the interior respectively painted with two bulls, two white rabbits with a butterfly, a flying eagle hunting two foxes, and two dogs with their puppy, each scene depicted in a natural landscape setting, enclosed in the meandering chi dragon border on the side against a black ground, the sides on the exterior similarly decorated in blue, each base inscribed with a two-character 'Qi Wan' mark in seal; together with four square cups with canted edge, each supported on a short foot and extending to a splayed rim, each side respectively painted with a grey bull, two cranes under a pine tree, two deer with a bat and two rabbits, the interior decorated with a small blue flower against the white ground, while the base marked with five dots symbolising a flower head
Provenance: Private English collection, Hampshire; the collection has been in the family for over four generations, since the 1920's