TWELVE SETTING CHINESE CROCKERY AND TEA SET, FIRST HALF C20th.
In Cantonese porcelain. Decorated with courtly scenes and flowers. Consisting of 12 dinner plates; 12 soup plates; 12 dessert plates; 12 consommé bowls; 2 different sized long trays; sauce boat; serving bowl; soup tureen with lid; 12 tea cups and saucers; teapot; milk jug and sugar bowl. Four extra medium sized plates. Total 84 pieces. Red stamp on base. Larger tray 42 x 30 cm. Soup tureen 11 cm. tall. and 26 cm. diam. Provenance: The crockery is from the first Chinese restaurant in Barcelona, the historic "El Gran Dragón", (The Great Dragon) on Calle Ciutat. The restaurant belonged to Peter Yang. It opened in 1958 and closed finally in 1970.
Starting bid :
500