CANTON ENAMEL EUROPEAN-SUBJECT SQUARE-SECTION CUP AND SAUCER, YONGZHENG / QIANLONG PERIOD

CANTON ENAMEL EUROPEAN-SUBJECT SQUARE-SECTION CUP AND SAUCER, YONGZHENG / QIANLONG PERIOD, the saucer with canted corners, the centre showing a European man reclining on rocks beside a stream with a duck on the shore, within diaper-ground and foliate-panel borders, the base with a lily spray on white within a cracked ice surround, 10cm wide; the cup of similar shape decorated with four panels, two of which show European figures, the others with cupid and flowers, 3cm high Provenance: Bill Bartolet, Philadelphia, October 1979 (Saucer), John Sparks, London, 12th December 1989 (cup)