A Rare Chinese Export 'European Subject' Ewer, Cover and Basin, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1775

A Rare Chinese Export 'European Subject' Ewer, Cover and Basin

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1775

清乾隆 約1775年 粉彩西洋人物故事圖蓋壺連盆

each piece with a scene of four boys engaged in a furious fight, one of the combatants on the ground, his left leg grabbed by his opponent, the other two standing with fists flying, a pair of cocks also fighting to one side

basin 13⅛ in. (33.1 cm.) long