Two Chinese export porcelain trembleuse stands circa 1780

each of shell shape, painted in puce enamel and gilding. Together with a pair of Chinese export porcelain famille-rose small bowls. 4 pieces.

Both with some very minor fritting along the edges and some very minor rubbing to gilding. The cup holder of one has an approximate 3-inch long restored area at the rim; the same stand has a 1/4-inch chip to the underside of the rim. The other has a small rim chip and an 1-inch haircrack running down the rim; the cup holder has two short haircracks running down the side of the rim.
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