Including one teapot, one sugar bowl, three teacups, five saucers, and two large plates. The two larger plates marked "China" in blue glaze along the underside; the remaining pieces with a four character blue glazed mark along the undersides.
Provenance: By repute, purchased in China, ca. 1947-1950; thence by descent.
(Teacups, each) Height: 2 1/4 in x width: 4 1/2 in x diameter: 3 3/4 in. (Teapot) Height: 5 1/4 in x width: 8 1/2 in x diameter: 5 1/4 in. (Sugar bowl) Height: 4 1/4 in x width: 6 1/2 in x diameter: 4 1/4 in. (Saucers, each) Diameter: 5 3/4 in. (Plates, each) Diameter: 10 1/4 in.
Condition: To one of the teacups, there is a hairline crack along the rim, extending downward apprximately 1 inch. To each of the teacups, there are fleabite to small chips along the rim. Fleabite to small chips along the footrims. To the teapot, this a chip along the interior rim of the lid. There is crazing to the glaze, particularly visible along the interior. To the sugar bowl, there is a small rounded white accretion along the upper half of the vessel’s body. Light debris gathered along the interior. To the saucers, there are fleabite to small-sized chips along the rims and footrims. To one of the saucers, there is a possible hairline crack along the rim, extending downward approximately 1/2 inch. To one of the larger plates, there are small, scattered linear areas along the rice along the rim that fluoresce under UV light. Fleabite to moderate chips along the rims of the larger plates. To each of the pieces, there are linear and rounded firing flaws.
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