£4,200
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN DINNER SERVICE, TONGZHI, 19TH CENTURY. Service for five persons comprising: Five large dishes; five medium dishes; five small dishes; five saucers; five large bowls; five medium bowls; five lobed cups; five lobed sauce dishes; five spoons; five small spoons. All decorated with birds, insects and peony blooms with six-character marks of Tongzhi (1861-75) to base. Largest dishes 22cm diam. (50)
One large dish with a 4cm hairline vertical from rim. Three bowls have hairline cracks, one with second crack approx. 4 cm long. Otherwise the rest are in good overall condition. No repairs with minor nicks to rim on some.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:| 1 to 500000: | 24% inc VAT* |
| 500001+: | 12% inc VAT* |
| 1 to 500000: | 24% inc VAT* |
| 500001+: | 12% inc VAT* |
