Lot 131 , A pair of Chinese famille rose 'sages tea bowls and saucers, Qianlong period, saucers 11.7cm diameter

A pair of Chinese famille rose 'sages' tea bowls and saucers, Qianlong period,
each painted with two sages and an attendant boy holding what is probably a musical instrument, in a rockwork garden, within black enamelled cellular borders,
saucers 11.7cm diameter
£300-500

Condition:
Provenance - UK private collection, gifted to the vendor's late mother by her aunt before 1970. One of the saucers has a very short hairline crack to the rim which can only be seen with a torch, minor wear and scratching to the glaze and enamels otherwise in good condition, both of the bowls are slightly mis-shaped in potting.

Sold for £2,400