Lot 86 , A set of twenty four Chinese Nanking Cargo blue and white ‘large pagoda’ tea bowls and saucers, Qianlong period

A set of twenty four Chinese Nanking Cargo blue and white ‘large pagoda’ tea bowls and saucers, Qianlong period, saucers 11.9cm diameter, some damage

Provenance Christie’s Amsterdam, 2 May 1986 sale of the Nanking cargo, lot 5047
£1,000-1,500

Condition:
All pieces with some slight etching to the glaze and slightly misshapen. All of the tea bowls have a few tiny nibbles to the edge of the rim, six of the tea bowls have hairline cracks to the rim and one of the tables has a stained crack just above the foot. The majority of the saucers have a few tiny nibbles to the edge of the glaze. Three saucers have hairline cracks to the rim and two of the saucers have sections of the rim broken out and messily reglued, otherwise in reasonable condition.

Sold for £3,000