A FAMILLE ROSE SWEETMEAT SET AND A SET OF SPOONS EN SUITE

Late Qing Dynasty

Late Qing Dynasty
Variously decorated in polychrome enamels with flower sprays, river landscape scenes and bamboo, four dishes on sgraffiato grounds, the sweetmeat set with fitted hongmu tray. The sweetmeat set 36.5cm (14 3/8in) wide (25).

Please note this lot will be offered at no reserve.

The Property of a European Noble Family

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Margaretha d'Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894–1986).