GROUP OF FOUR FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS' BOWLS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760 清乾隆 粉彩描金蓮紋碗 （共四件） of gradual sizes, two larger punch bowls painted on the exterior with three tiers of overlapping lotus petals with gilt-decorated shaped cartouches depicting lotus and scrolling tendrils, and the two smaller bowls painted with one tier of lotus petals, each bowl further adorned on the interior with gilt painted with lotus ponds underneath scrolling tendrils border; together with two publications Chinese Export Porcelain: An Historical Survey edited by Elinor Gordon and Sin in Syria by John Carswell (diameters: 17.4cm to 28cm) Qty: (4) Provenance: Private collection of a notable Ottoman family in London. The collection is from a notable Ottoman land-owning family, that married over generations into the Sultans’ court. Some were judges, civil servants and vizirs in the Damascus vilayet, as well as members of parliament to the Sublime Porte.