An Extensive Chinese Export Iron-Red and Gilt Decorated 'Sacred Bird and Butterfly' Part Dinner Service, Qing Dynasty, Early 19th Century | 清十九世紀初 礬紅描金花鳥紋餐具一組

comprising a large soup tureen, cover and stand, a soup tureen, cover and stand, a sauce tureen, cover and stand, a pair of rectangular vegetable dishes and covers, four oval vegetable dishes and covers, a pair of well-and-tree platters, a large mazarine and patter, a pair of fish mazarine and platters, six oval platters of various sizes, an oval dish, a pair of square bowls, a cake stand, a pair of quatrefoil dishes, A scalloped serving dish, a shell-form dish, a leaf-form dish, a large jug, a cream jug, thirty-one dinner plates, twenty-nine soup plates, thirty-two side plates, seven small fruit bowls, nine pierced side plates, five pots-de-crème and six covers, together with a Chinese iron-red decorated jar and cover. 167 pieces

length of largest 19 3/4 in., 50 cm