TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OGEE-SHAPED BOWLS AND COVERS

TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OGEE-SHAPED BOWLS AND COVERS
SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS BUT PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD

Each side painted with a scaly dragon and a phoenix admist colourful swirling clouds, the interiors with central medallions of writhing dragons encircled by stylised flames, the covers similarly decorated, 19.5cm and 26cm. (4)

Provenance: from the collection of Mr T Szema (d.1954), whose father set up a sugar business with companies and residences in Shanghai, Kobe, Kaoshung and Taipei, and thence by descent.