A CHINESE EXPORT LARGE FAMILLE ROSE MANDARIN PALETTE PUNCH BOWL
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775
Decorated to one side with a host of ladies holding and playing instruments before a pavilion and two tame spotted deer, the other with a court lady and her retinue standing in a garden, two cranes before them, a dog laying on the steps of a pavillion, the sides in the Meissen style with cartouches of flowers and sepia landscapes between gilt vine, the interior with a loose bouquet and butterfly, a gilt spearhead band at the rim
15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) diameter
A CHINESE EXPORT LARGE FAMILLE ROSE MANDARIN PALETTE PUNCH BOWL
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775
Decorated to one side with a host of ladies holding and playing instruments before a pavilion and two tame spotted deer, the other with a court lady and her retinue standing in a garden, two cranes before them, a dog laying on the steps of a pavillion, the sides in the Meissen style with cartouches of flowers and sepia landscapes between gilt vine, the interior with a loose bouquet and butterfly, a gilt spearhead band at the rim
15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) diameter