A collection of tea bowls and saucers


18th centuryComprising: a set of four tea bowls and matching saucers each enamelled to the interior with famille rose peonies and a scroll of precious objects with cafe-au-lait glaze to exterior, bowls 7cm diameter, saucers 11.6cm diameter; two similar tea bowls and saucers with famille rose floral reserves on cafe-au-lait, bowls 7.6cm diameter, saucers 12cm diameter; a pair of famille verte ribbed tea bowls each with ding vessel mark to base, (one hairlined), 7.7cm diameter; a hexagonal famille verte tea bowl and saucer decorated with precious objects and birds among flowers, (glued break), bowl 6.5cm wide, saucer 11.9cm diameter; a famille noire example, (hairlines), bowl 6.5cm diameter, saucer 10.5cm diameter; and another famille rose example decorated with a pheasant beneath peony, (glued break), bowl 7.2cm, saucer 11.6cm diameter.(16).