Lot 159. A rare famille rose European couple, circa 1770. Estimate: $15,000-25,000. Price Realized $43,750 . Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Each wearing a colorful costume and holding a posy, the gentleman with his arm around the lady - 9 in. (23 cm.) high

Provenance: The Collection of Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh; Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 2000, lot 409.

Literature: D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West: Chinese Porcelain and Other Decorative Arts for Export Illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, London and New York, 1978, vol. II, pp. 616 - 617, no. 647.
D. Howard and J. Ayers, Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum, London, 1981, p. 80, no. 647.

Exhibited: De Cordova Museum, 1979.
Virginia Museum, 1981-82.
Sotheby's, 1984.

CHRISTIE'S. CHINESE EXPORT ART, 21 January 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza