17th/18th century
Comprising: a miniature footed ewer and cover decorated with peony stems, the cover with a knop finial emerging from a ruyi collar; a cylindrical jar and cover decorated with ladies in a garden and a gentleman playing a qin inside a pavilion; a soft paste blue and white caddy with floral decoration; and a cream-glazed soft paste quatrefoil cup and saucer applied with fruiting vines.
The saucer: 12.7cm (5in) wide. (7).
Footnotes
十七/十八世紀 外銷瓷一組五件
Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, December 2004 (the cup and saucer)(collector's notes)
Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, February 2011 (the cylindrical jar)(collector's notes)
Published and Illustrated: M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol. 2, n.p., 2021, p.200 (the miniature ewer)
M. White, , vol. 4, n.p., 2023, p.36 (the cylindrical jar and cover)