Lee Wah Porcelain Company, iron red Qianlong six-character marks, Republic period
Comprising: a teapot and cover, sugar bowl and cover, milk jug, six tea cups and saucers, each incised with writhing dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl above turbulent waves, silk lined fitted carrying box, pink shop label to the interior inscribed 麗華瓷業公司 and with the shop address, Shanghai Nanjing Road no.441.
The teapot 23cm (9in) wide across the handle and spout. (18).
Footnotes
民國 胭脂紅釉茶具一組
「大清乾隆年製」款
Provenance: Acquired in Shanghai in 1947 and thence by descent.