AN 18TH CENTURY CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN TRENCHER SALT, A CA...

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£80

AN 18TH CENTURY CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN TRENCHER SALT, A CANTON ENAMEL HEXAGONAL TAPER STICK HOLDER, A BOWL, A CHINESE PORCELAIN EROTIC FIGURE GROUP, AND A PORCELAIN JAR. The salt painted with colourful flower-sprays within blue floral border, gilt line rim, 7.5cm wide, the taper stick holder painted with famille rose flower-sprays on a bright blue ground, 9.3cm high, the bowl decorated with flowerheads on a white and red spotted ground, 10cm diam. the erotic group with two men and a woman on a rocking bed, the jar decorated with pink peony and insects, red painted Guangxu mark (1871-1908) (5)

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The salt - some rim chipping to the rim, glaze crack to well.
Enamels - small chip to side of bowl with associated cracking, some scratching. Taper spill vase - minor crack to upper rim, slight wear.
Small cylindrical jar with peony with some small chips to glaze. Lacking cover.
Erotic figural group, with some wear to enamels.