A blue and white base of a tazza
Qianlong
With two figures against a tree stump. Altered to function as a lamp base.
H. 30 cm (excl. fitting)
Literature:
D. Howard & J. Ayers, China for the West, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London and New York 1978, Vol. II, page 564, no. 583 for a complete example and the Meissen prototype