Estimate

12.000 - 15.000

Session 1

27 June 2017

Hammer Price

Description

Chinese export porcelain
Green decoration on black ground depicting floral scrolls,
peonies and other flowers in the Famille Noir style
Gilt cover finials representing dragons
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
(restorations)

Height: 65 cm

Category

Porcelain

Additional Information

Rare decoration.
Dish with similar decoration depicted in John Ayres, “The Baur
Collection”, vol. IV, plate A568.
Provenance:
Bought in 1860 by Alfred Morrison de Fonthill after the plunder
of Beijing during the Opium War (1856-1860)
Sold at Christie’s in 1964 as part of the collection of Rt. Hon.
Lord Murgadale of Islay, according to an invoice from Bennison
Acquired at Bennison (91 Pimlico Road - London), 18 May, 1971,
“Duke’s Auctioneers, Dorchester, Dorset”, lot 290;
Private collection - Lisbon