Grand service en porcelaine de la famille rose Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Qianlong (1736-1795)

à décor dit 'pseudo feuilles de tabac', émaillé en rouge de fer, vert pâle, jaune, sépia, puce  et or, de grandes grenades dans le style des mon japonais, hibiscus feuillagés et feuilles, les fretels en forme de végétaux rouge de fer, les anses en têtes de bovidés, comprenant :
quatre grandes soupières couvertes, l'une avec son plat de présentation,
deux petites soupières couvertes et leurs plats de présentation,
un petit plat couvert et son présentoir, 
deux saucières et leurs plats de présentation, 
cinq plats rectangulaires octogonaux,
quatre petits plats rectangulaires,
quatre plats ronds,
vingt-deux assiettes creuses,
cinquante-cinq assiettes plates 

Overall very good condition with the exception of some plates with frits and minute chips to the rim, five plates broken.
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A large similar pseudo-tobacco-leaf part dinner service (136 pieces) was sold at Christie's London, 28 April 1999, lot 150.