A RARE FAMILLE ROSE DESK SET Qianlong Formed as a rectangular pen box and cover with integral tray emerging from the long edge with raised edges and separated into three compartments by two raised bands, the central compartment supporting a short octagonal candlestick between an inkwell and sander each of cuboidal-form, enamelled overall with scenes of figures, antique treasures, landscapes and birds, variously in famille rose, en grisaille and puce enamels. 20cm (7 7/8in) long. (4). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清乾隆 粉彩文房套具 Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 4th March 2010 (collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.4, n.p, 2023, p.186 See a closely related desk set, Yongzheng to early Qianlong period, sold at Christie's New York, 17th January 2019, lot 518. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing