CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE CHARGERS, LOT OF TWO, each having polychrome hand-painted decorations, comprising one example featuring a central scene within a gourd-shaped cartouche depicting a scholar with two students having magenta surround and gourd vine decoration, and one example depicting a craggy tree with large peony and a crane descending from a branch. Unmarked. 19th century. 12" DOA.
Provenance: From an Arizona estate collection.
Crane example undamaged, except having some wear to enamel decorations; gourd example having moderate flake to rim underside, a faint hairline that does not appear to go through to front, and some scattered wear to enamel decorations.