A FAMILLE ROSE PART DINNER SERVICE, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FAMILLE ROSE PART DINNER SERVICE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The service comprises: a sauce-boat; three octagonal salts; and seven dishes in various sizes. Each is painted with two pheasants in a flower garden, together with an associated butter-tub, cover and stand with related design.
The largest dish 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) diam.

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All have tiny frits and rubbing and light wear to enamels and gilt in keeping with its age.
Large dish 35 cm. diam.: surface scratch 10 cm to underside rim, black enamelled name to base and number that are illegible, tiny frits.
Circular dish 32 cm. diam.: light scratches and rim frits as above.
Circular dish 28.5 cm.: 3-sectioned crack to centre of dish approximately max. 9 cm. long visible to both sides. Underside with several tiny rim chips max. 0.8 cm. long.
Second circular dish 28.5 cm.: visible rim crack 7 cm. long visible on both sides: wear/rubbing.
Shallow bowl 25.3 cm. diam.: wear and rubbing.
Dish 22.8 cm. diam.: 2 rim cracks 3 cm. x 2.3 cm. long, 3 small flake dips to underside, largest max. 0.4 cm. diam.
No 1 salt: lower edge of base approximately 5 cm. wide has been restored.
No 2 salt: glaze crack to exterior of central panel approx 8.5 cm. long.
All three salts have chips to rims, rubbing and losses to enamel.
Sauce tureen: rim crack 4 cm. long visible on both sides. Visible firing crack to one side of handle, underneath handle there is a rim crack 0.8 cm. long restored with overpainting. To left of visible firing crack there are small areas of restoration and repainting to rim measuring 2 cm. long with further small areas of overpainting to the border. Several small flake chips and fritting.

Associated circular butter dish, cover and stand: the butter dish has been broken in two sections through the middle with associated repair to the rim; the crack with a smaller crack running up it measuring 5 cm. long.
The dish: one handle has been broken off and restuck with discolouration and yellow repair.
The cover: finial of cover with two large flake chips, the largest measuring 0.8 cm. long.
All three pices with fritting and losses to enamel.

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