A pair of Chinese famille rose 'rooster' cups and saucers, Yongzheng/Qianlong

Dimensions:

Dia.: 10,8 cm (the saucers)

H 3,6 cm - Dia.: 6,7 cm (the cups)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One cup with a tight 1,5 cm hairline showing up under UV-light, invisible to the naked eye.
- One cup with a ca. 2,5 cm hairline with some retouching, showing up under UV-light.
- One saucer with two tight ca. 2 and 1 cm hairlines with some retouching, showing up under UV-light.
- One saucer in excellent condition.

Literature:

A. du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, Oxford, 1984, p. 264, cat. 1 for a similar pice.

D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, I, no. 151 for a similar tea bowl and saucer from the Mottahedeh Collection.