Lot 194. A gilt-decorated famille-rose punch bowl, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP (3,831 - 6,386 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides supported on a tapered foot, the exterior ornately decorated with two large foliate cartouches enclosing ladies, attendants and other figures in a garden landscape with deer and trees, divided by smaller cartouches variously decorated with birds, riverside landscapes, and European figures with animals, all reserved on a dense ground of gilt foliate scrolls, the interior painted with flowers, Buddhist finger citron and peapods, the rim encircled by a spearhead border, wood stand. Quantité: 2 - 38.8 cm, 15 1/4  in.

Provenance: Acquired prior to 1940.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 11 May 2016, 10:00 AM