Bidspirit auction | Famille Rose Marriage Tea Bowl

Famille Rose Marriage Tea Bowl & Saucer - Chinese export famille rose European subject marriage tea bowl and saucer, Qianlong ca. 1750. Painted along the center with a European gentleman playing the flute, his companion feeding a parrot. Both seated in bergeres. Illustrated in Howard, ”Choice of the Private Trader, ” pg. 179, no. 203. Provenance: Earle D. Vandekar, London, 11 June 1988; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. (Cup) height: 1 1/2 in x diameter: 3 in. (Saucer) diameter: 4 1/2 in. Condition: There are no cracks or restorations. A few minute chips to the upper rims of both the cup and the saucer. A few fleabite chips to the footrims. Losses to the gilt decoration.