Lot 133 , A Chinese famille rose ‘fish’ bowl, late 19th/early 20th century, 40.5 cm diameter, 37 cm high, cracked

A Chinese famille rose ‘fish’ bowl, late 19th/early 20th century, 40.5 cm diameter, 37 cm high, cracked

A Chinese famille rose ‘fish’ bowl, late 19th/early 20th century,
the interior painted with goldfish amid pond weed, the exterior with four claw dragons amid white flowers on a turquoise ground, within polychrome borders of birds, flowers, scrolls and key work, unglazed base,
40.5 cm diameter, 37 cm high, cracked
£200-300

Condition:
Long, diagonal dark crack downward from neckrim, approx. 50cm., visible both inside and out; some surface wear to enamels at neckrim. and to interior enamels.

Sold for £600