Beschreibung:

A LATE MING PROVINCIAL BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER JAR WITH SHORT EVERTED NECK AND THREE LUG HANDLES TO THE SHOULDER, PAINTED WITH BANDS OF TRAILING FLOWERS AND LEAVES -- 12IN. (30.5CM.) HIGH; TWO FAMILLE VERTE BOWLS AND COVERS, ONE WITH TWIN MASK HANDLES, VARIOUSLY PAINTED WITH MYTHICAL BEASTS AND BUTTERFLIES AND INSECTS AMONGST FLOWERS ISSUING FROM ROCKWORK -- 5IN. (12.7CM.) AND 5½IN. (14CM.) DIAM; A BLUE AND WHITE JAR DECORATED WITH SCROLLING LOTUS FLOWERS -- 5IN. (12.7CM.) HIGH, PIERCED WOOD COVER; A LARGER JAR AND COVER PAINTED WITH PRUNUS ON A CRACKED ICE GROUND -- 10¾IN. (27.3CM.) HIGH; FOURTEEN VARIOUS BLUE AND WHITE, FAMILLE ROSE, CHINESE IMARI AND CANTONESE PLATES AND DISHES VARIOUSLY DECORATED WITH BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES AMONGST FLOWERS, FIGURES BEFORE BUILDINGS AND RIVER LANDSCAPE SCENES -- 10¼IN. (26CM.) DIAM MAX; A FAMILLE ROSE FLATTENED QUATREFOIL VASE PAINTED WITH A COCKEREL -- 6¾IN. (17CM.) HIGH; A BLANC DE CHINE OCTAGONAL BEAKER -- 2½IN. (6.4CM.) HIGH; A SET OF FIVE GRADUATING CYLINDRICAL BOXES AND COVERS -- 4¼IN. (10.8CM.) HIGH; A BLACK GLAZED VASE WITH SILVERED COILED DRAGONS AMONGST CLOUD SCROLLS AND FLOWERS -- 10IN. (25.5CM.) HIGH; AND A SAMSON GINGER JAR AND COVER -- 9½IN. (24CM.) HIGH, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY. (A LOT)