SIX MINIATURE VESSELS MING - QING DYNASTY |

comprising a small peachbloom-glazed footed waterpot, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century, wood stand; a small café-au-lait-glazed bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century, wood stand; a small soft paste blue and white 'figural' meiping, Qing dynasty, 18th century, wood stand; a small turquoise-glazed censer, late Ming dynasty; a small yellow-glazed bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century, wood stand; and a small blue and white gu-form vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century (10)

Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 732.
The peachbloom-glazed waterpot:
P. J. Donnelly Collection (label).
The café-au-lait-glazed vase:
Spink & Son, London, 6th October 1983.

The yellow vase with minute frits and a gilt-lacquer repair, all to the mouth. The gu-form vase with firing imperfections (particularly to the interior of the mouth). The turquoise censer with small frits to the feet. The other three vessels in good condition.
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