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Tête-à-tête Yongzheng (1723-1735)

Estimate €400–600

Description

Comprising: two teapots with covers, milk jug with cover, sugar bowl with cover and polylobate tray

In export porcelain.

Polychrome decoration depicting birds and flowers.

China, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735).

(milk jug with hairlines, minor chips and restoration; sugar bowl cover with restoration and finial missing, one teapot cover with finial broken and reglued)

Diam.: 17 cm (tray) H.: 11.5 cm (largest)

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