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Objects 2010286 & 2010287

Pair of saucers

China

1730-1735

Height 16 mm (0.63 inch), diameter of rim 100 mm (3.94 inch), diameter of footring 60 mm (2.36 inch)

Pair of saucers on footrings, everted rims with six small indentations. Decorated in iron-red, black, gold and other overglaze enamels, with a central flower head surrounded by of three sprays of fruit. The matching teacups are missing.

The indented rim is characteristic of a group of well-enamelled tea-wares of a thin, pure body produced during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.213)

Condition:

2010286: A fleabite to the rim.

2010287: Two fleabites and a frit to the rim.

Reference:

Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.213, cat. 237

Price: Sold.