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CUP  &  SAUCER .

This set illustrates a rare and fine example of the Chinese Taste, and therefor differing in every way from the elaborately decorated pieces intended for the european maket .  Very finely shaped to ressemble a flower : 6 sides with rounded corners . Deocration done in very fine FAMILLE ROSE , illustrating a fisherman's family, fishing in the Yellow River ,  on a sampan . All watched by 2 elder men  drinking tea on the border of the river.

Period  :          YONGZHENG  :       1723  - 1735 .

Refer.:   " The Book of the Famille Rose " ,  G. Williamson ,  pl. XVI .

Perfect  condition .