Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 October 2017
Silver, Furniture, Ceramics & Glass
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About this Item
A Chinese famille-verte cafe-au-lait ground bowl, Qing Dynasty, 18th century
the exterior decorated with a small bird perched on a branch viewing a large peony and a pomegranate, against a café-au-lait ground, the interior rim with scholars' emblems and a green-diaper border, 7,5cm high
Provenance
The Dr William Frederick Purcell Collection, and thence by descent.