Lot 147 , A pair of Chinese famille rose hexagonal lanterns and stands, Republic period, 1920s

A pair of Chinese famille rose hexagonal lanterns and stands, Republic period, 1920s, each painted to a circular medallion with couples in a garden setting, on a reticulated trellis work panel, with thousand flower ground, blue and banded foliate borders, height 38cm

Provenance - acquired in the 1920s by an employee of the Netherlands-America Steamship Company. He lived and worked in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Jakarta from c.1920-1932; thence by family descent.
£600-800

Condition:
Typical minor glaze imperfections and small firing cracks visible to the biscuit. One of the rims has a small hairline crack to the glaze which doesn’t appear to go through to the other side. Generally in good condition.

Sold for £1,500