Chinese Blue & White Thai Market Jor Por Ror Bowl. Painted with the royal insignia of King Rama V, late 19th/early 20th C. Metal bound rim. (Dia.13cm)
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 $400-800