FIVE EXPORT TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS Qianlong Comprising: a rare famille rose 'Four Elements' tea bowl and saucer depicting 'Fire'; a tea bowl and saucer enamelled and gilt with a goatherd in a landscape of pine and rockwork; a tea bowl and saucer decorated en grisaille, coloured enamels and gilt with a European lady seated beneath pine; a 'marital' tea bowl and saucer decorated with joined petals enclosing the initials 'I:B' and 'MR' and dated 1779, amongst birds, butterflies and flowers; and a further tea bowl and saucer brightly enamelled with geese by a riverbank amongst flowers and rockwork. The largest saucer: 12cm (4 3/4in) diam. (10). Footnotes: 清乾隆 外銷茶盃及托五組 Provenance: Acquired from Elizabeth Hand, Petworth, before 1990 (the 'Four Elements' set)(collector's notes) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 2002 (the Marital set)(collector's notes) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 2003 (the European lady set)(collector's notes) Acquired from Jill Gosling Ceramics, June 2018 (the geese set) (collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol. 2, n.p., 2021, p.208-209 (the geese and goatherd sets); p.211 (the 'Four Elements' and European lady sets) The 'Four Elements' design is taken from one of a series of paintings of 'The Four Elements' by Francesco Albani (1578-1660), which were commissioned by Cardinal Maurice of Savoy and are now in the Turin Gallery. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing