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Lot 2053
Two Chinese Export Tea Cups with Saucers
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
18th century, includes two tea cups and saucers, one pair is decorated in grisaille palette with insects and flora (small repair to foot rim of saucer), the second pair is painted in a Mandarin palette with European ladies seated in a countryside setting (hairline cracks to rim of both tea cup and saucer; repair to rim of tea cup; hairline crack to underside of saucer).

Tallest 2 5/8 in.

From the Collection of John and Barbara Suval, Fredericksburg, Virginia, by descent of Philip Suval Inc., founded 1896

Not examined under UV blacklight.