A famille rose cup, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.

This is one of the earliest versions of this design. A decade or two later, this central scene continued to be used, both on its own and combined with the coat-of-arms of Powell with Cleland in pretence (see D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p. 314), an example of which is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Compare a dish from the same service sold at Christies, 2 November 2016, London, lot no 57.

Compare two plates sold at Bukowskis sale 605:655.