Lot 423 , A Chinese export blue and white forty one piece tea set, Qianlong period,

A Chinese export blue and white forty one piece tea set, Qianlong period, each piece painted with pavilions in a river landscape scene, with gilt banded border, to include a drum shaped teapot and cover, a tea caddy and a covered milk jug
Estimate £300-500

Has a shallow splinter to the tip of the spout of the teapot which has been over-gilded.
10 coffee cups (2 have cracks to the rim)
9 teabowls, 1 has a firing crack to the foot.
8 saucers, 2 with hairline cracks to the rim, 1 with a fine star crack to the base
small saucer dish which has a crack to the rim
large saucer dish which is good
sugar bowl and two covers which are good
tea caddy which has a broken and rivet repaired neck and a chipped cover
milk jug and cover - cover with small chip to rim
Generally grubby.


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Sold for £1,500