A CHINESE ENAMELLED YIXING TEA CUP AND SAUCER AND TWO FAMILLE ROSE 'MAGNOLIA' TEA BOWLS LATE QING...

A CHINESE ENAMELLED YIXING TEA CUP AND SAUCER AND TWO FAMILLE ROSE 'MAGNOLIA' TEA BOWLS

LATE QING DYNASTY

The tea cup and saucer decorated with magpies amongst blossoming trees reserved on a dark blue ground, the tea bowls formed as magnolia flowerheads supported on applied feet shaped as twisting branches, each bowl with a four character Qianlong mark, together with a Japanese bronze brush rest cast as Mount Fuji, the base with an inscription and seal mark, 15.8cm max, the brush rest 282g. (5)