Bidspirit auction | A CHINESE COLLECTION OF TWO

A CHINESE COLLECTION OF TWO CUPS AND FIVE SAUCERS, YONGZHENG PERIOD - A gilt Chinese famille verde cup and saucer, decorated and gilt with an elegant bird perched on a peony blossoming branch growing from ornamental rocks. Height of the cup: 2.9 cm. Diameter of the saucer: 9.7 cm. The cup with a very fine hairline of 0.9 mm., the saucer with a fine hairline of 1.8 cm. Four gilt Chinese famille verte lobed saucer dishes, decorated on each lob with a bird perched on a blossoming flower branch alternating with a twin facing butterflies. Diameter: 8.8 cm. Three appear to be in a good condition, one saucer with a fine hairline to the centre of the saucer. A gilt Chinese famille verte cup with slightly everted barbed rim decorated with a warrior seated on an elephant with his servants in a landscape. Height: 3.4 cm. A small restoration at the rim.