Bidspirit auction | Chinese Export European Subject Tea

Chinese Export European Subject Tea Bowl & Saucer - Chinese export European subject porcelain tea bowl and saucer, Qianlong ca. 1745. Decorated with a partially nude woman seated en deshabille at her dressing table. Surrounded by a gilt-chain, the rims with a band of puce leaf scrolls. Provenance: The W. Martin-Hurst Collection Sotheby's, New York, ”Important Chinese Export Porcelain and Chinese Works of Art from the Collection of the Late Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh, ” 19 October 2000, Lot 340; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. (Cup) height: 1 3/4 in x diameter: 3 in. (Saucer) diameter: 4 3/4 in. Condition: The saucer has been broken into at least six pieces and repaired. One piece along the rim is new. There is a minute chip to the upper rim of the cup. Some loss to the gilt decoration. Light wear to the footrims.