Large Chinese Decorated Porcelain Bowl Pair
Early 19th century A.D. A pair of enamelled export porcelain bowls, decorated with a polychrome frieze of scalloped cartouches displaying birds perched amongst fruiting vegetation, insects in the field, repeated around the neck with flowering plants alternating with cartouches depicting birds amongst vegetation; interior with gilt roundel to base with floral spray, three plants around. 4.9 kg total, 35.5 cm wide (14 in.). From a UK private collection. [2]