Beschreibung:

A 'Famille-Rose' Faux-Bois-Decorated Ginger Jar Qing dynasty, 19th Century the ovoid jar tapering to the foot, with low lip, the body painted with flowering prunus, a rose and butterflies against a faux-bois ground, with pierced and carved wood stand and cover, the cover inset with an incised celadon jade plaque; together with a blue and white bottle vase, 19th century, with tall waisted neck over a compressed globular body and straight foot, the body painted with Ming-style lotus scrolls, the shoulder and lip with lotus, the neck with plantain leaves, the mouth with scroll band, the foot with petal band over waves, underside with a double ring, and a yellow-ground 'dragon' dish, late 19th/early 20th century, the circular saucer dish incised with a five-clawed dragon among flames, enameled green, the exterior incised with two dragons pursuing 'pearls' among flames, similarly enameled, underside with six-character Guangxu mark in underglaze blue (5) Height of jar 7 1/8 in., 18 cm Height of vase 15 3/8 in., 39 cm Diameter of dish 10 3/4 in., 27.3 cm