188 - CHINA, 19th–20th centuries

CHINA, 19th–20th centuries Set of porcelain pieces: * 3 with underglaze blue decoration: - round hot-water dish decorated with a lakeside landscape featuring pagodas, a bridge, and boats; the scalloped rim is decorated with landscapes or flowering shrubs in multi-lobed cartouches. Width: 27.5 cm. Metal handles missing. A few cracks and small chips, as well as spots and glaze defects; numerous chips and small fractures along the lower rim of the basin. - Round cup decorated with flowering branches. Diameter: 12.5 cm. Damaged and re-glued. - Ginger pot decorated with stylized “Xi” characters (“double happiness”). H.: 17.8 cm. No lid. Chipping. * 6 with polychrome decoration: - Pair of two standing Ho-Ho figures. H: 13.5 cm. Chips and missing pieces. - Hexagonal cup decorated with everyday objects. W: 13.5 cm. Chipped and restored. - Small single-flower vase with harlequin decoration. H. 11 cm. - Square-section vase with an ornate shoulder, featuring gilded reliefs of dignitaries in a landscape in front of a grotto, and a woman flying on a phoenix. Side handles shaped like the heads of fô chines holding a ring. H. 26.3 cm. A few flaws, minor restoration on one edge of the neck, stains. - Cylindrical hat stand with quatrefoil openings, decorated with a vase containing a chrysanthemum against a background of everyday objects and calligraphic text in black. Orange seal on the reverse. H. 28 cm. Stains = WEAR. Set of 9 pieces.