A collection of tobacco leaf pattern Chinese export porcelain surpassed all expectations to sell for a combined £116,000 at Mallams Cheltenham (20% buyer’s premium) on October 25-26.
The service, split into 11 lots, had come from a local house in the Montpellier district.
The complex pattern picked out in the famille rose enamels is among the most luxurious of all 18th century China trade porcelain, although the popular name is something of a misnomer.