A Chinese famille rose-decorated porcelain square brush pot, inscribed Li Ming Liang Body decorated with calligraphy and a cricket on a flowering branch, other side with a cicada on branch under a full moon, two faces of calligraphy; inscribed Li Ming Liang, underside inscribed "Meishu Zhenpin", cloth box. Approx. H: 5 1/2 in., 14cm; D: 3 1/2 in., 8.9cm PROVENANCE: Formerly in the collection of an Arizona businessman who traveled to China from the 1960s to 1980s by repute. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2016