air of Chinese export porcelain tea bowls and saucers, decorated in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette, Yongzheng.

Very rare and fine pair of Chinese export porcelain tea bowls and saucers, both moulded as flower petals and seated on three little Chinese dogs, decorated in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette with eight panels of flowers, in the centre a large blossom, c. 1730, Yongzheng reign, Qing dynasty. 3.12179

Illustrated: Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 56.

◆ This little tea bowls and saucers exemplifies the artistic imagination, high level of quality, and attention to the details from the porcelain of this period, which makes it unsurpassable. They are still highly desirable even two hundred seventy five years later.

中國外銷瓷粉彩八屏花卉茶盅及茶碟, 茶盅茶碟都被模壓 出花托形, 足為三隻中國小狗, 盤中央盛開一大花朵, 約 1730年,清雍正。

插图:《清代外銷瓷》, 阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2015/2016,目录 56。

◆ 小巧精緻的茶盅茶碟代表了這一時期瓷器的難以超越的藝術想象力、高水平的品質和對細節的注重。

直到兩百七十五年后的今天 仍然灸手可熱, 為人青睞。