A famille rose 'ladies in a log raft' tea bowl


Daoguang seal mark and of the periodBrightly enamelled to the exterior with two celestial maidens in a log raft with a Buddhist lion sailing over waves towards a villa raised in auspicious clouds heralded with a Daoist Immortal on a crane. 8.5cm (3 1/4in) diam.
|Provenance Mr Moriani, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, by reputeRaffaello Landini, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, circa 1950s, and thence by descentAccording to the owner the present lot amongst other Chinese works of art was sold to Raffaello Landini in the 1950s as part of Villa Vitiano and its furnishings, which previously belonged to Mr Moriani.