54 - Set of seven blue-and-white porcelain pieces, including two cups and their saucers, a sorbet dish, and two lidded jars—one with a silver mount—China, East India Company, 17th–18th century

Set of seven blue-and-white porcelain pieces, including two cups and their saucers, a sorbet dish, and two lidded jars—one with a silver mount—China, East India Company, 17th–18th century - The two handled cups and saucers with lobed rims are decorated with a motif of flowers, rocks, foliage, and geometric friezes. A four-character Kangxi mark in Kaishu script is glazed in blue on the base of each piece. Cup height: 4.4 cm; saucer diameter: 11 cm; - The sorbet, with beveled sides, is decorated with flowers in panels on the exterior and in a central medallion on the base and along the rim. A four-character Kangxi mark in kaishu script is on the base. Two indentations. Height of sorbet: 4.8 cm; - A small lidded vase decorated with peonies and chrysanthemums in flowerboxes and birds perched on branches within vertical panels. The lid is adorned with flowers. A fanciful mark on the base. A rib on the lid. Height: 10.5 cm; - Small, lidded, ovoid-shaped pot decorated with two women playing Go in a garden between two rocks. The lid is decorated with a child. Leaf mark at the base. The pot was mounted in silver in Holland. Height: 10.5 cm; lid broken.