Lot 156 , A Chinese late Ming lacquer cup and a similar dish, 17th century
A Chinese late Ming lacquer cup and a similar dish, 17th century,
the cup polychrome decorated with ladies and children in a landscape, on a black ground, white metal lining and base, 10.5 cm diameter, the dish gilt-decorated with a river landscape scene and inscribed, with woven bamboo border to the underside, label for Grice collection, 13.2cm diameter
£600-800
Condition:
Cup with long curved crack downward from rim affecting most of the body although fairly discreet; white metal mount to base glue re-attached. Dish with repaired chip and a series of fine cracks around rim; hairline crack visible underside and two shallow chips to underside of footrim.
Unsold