A GROUP OF 'TURQUOISE-MATRIX' GROUND VESSELS; AND TWO GILT-DECORATED BLUE GROUND BOWLS

Late Qing Dynasty

Late Qing Dynasty
The first group comprising two large and two small bowls; and five dishes of graduating sizes, variously decorated with medallions of bamboo and wild fowl on simulated turquoise matrix grounds, apocryphal Qianlong seal marks; and two blue glazed bowls gilt decorated with dragons amongst clouds. The largest dishes 20cm (7.7/8in) diam. (11).

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).