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A LARGE CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL BASIN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Finely and delicately painted at the centre with five pairs of birds including phoenix, cranes, mandarin ducks, love-birds, and long-tailed birds, within a lavender-blue-ground well with numerous bats in flight amongst scrolling lotus, the wide floral, yellow-ground, everted rim reserved with three floral cartouches alternating with dragon roundels, the blue underside with similar dragons
17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The basin: Hugh Moss Ltd., London, where acquired 10 June 1977.
The ewers: Mallett, London, where acquired, 12 June 1975.
Sale room notice
Please note the provenance for this lot should read Hugh Moss Ltd., London, where acquired 10 June 1977 and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

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