Set of 3 Chinese Thai Market 'Benjarong' Finely Enamelled Porcelain Bowls & Covers. Late 19th/early 20th C. (Dia.12cm)
PROVENANCE: Estates Late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose company imported luxury European goods, and (with royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra. Estimate $200-400