Five porcelain bowls and dishes with 'famille rose' decoration from a service made for Ma'sud Mirza Zill al-Sultan, China and Persia, dated 1297 AH/1879-80 AD. Estimation 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

comprising five bowls of varying sizes with matching dishes, each with a porcelain body decorated with bright, polychrome colours and lobed medallions containing alternating figural scenes and floral bouquets with birds and butterflies on a ground of lotus blossoms, the dishes each with an inscriptive medallions at their centre and the bowls with inscriptive medallions along the external rim. Quantité: 10. Bowls: 40.6cm; 33cm; 23.5cm; 21cm; 17.7cm. diam. Dishes: 40.7cm; 33.6cm; 27.8cm; 22.5cm; 20cm. diam.

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, Londres, 22 avr. 2015