Casgliadau Arlein

Tea bowl, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and rounded sides; decorated in polychrome enamels with to either side of the body a panel painted with a female figure in oriental costume, the panels enclosed by rather formal and elaborate rococo borders in gilt, red and purple, gilt lines around the foot-rim and lip-rim. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and curving sides; decorated in polychrome enamels with to the well a panel painted with a female figure in oriental costume, the panel enclosed by a rather formal and elaborate rococo border in gilt, red and purple, a gilt line around the rim.