A fine Chinese export ‘eggshell’ porcelain tea bowl and saucer, hand-painted in Famille Rose enamels with a peony roundel forming the center of a lotus-shaped reserve featuring lotus flowers and koi fish all within a pink cellwork ground, edged with a yellow lattice border with lotus blossom reserves.  The peony symbolizing wealth and nobility, the lotus purity, and the koi marital bliss and harmony.  Exemplifying the elegance of the  Yongzheng period, circa 1730. The saucer measuring 4 1/2″ in diameter, the tea bowl 2 7/8″, both in very good condition. Ex-Nelson Kline Collection. $1,550.00.