An assembled group of seven polychrome enameled table and desk wares


Late Qing/Republic periodThe table ware including a pair of square-sectioned cups with indented corners painted with a boating excursion to a river village, each base bearing four-character Daoguang mark in red seal script (both repaired and retouched); the third a covered teapot of flattened globular form with a river village landscape painted in bright colors, the base bearing a four-character Tongzhi mark in red seal script; the fourth a covered food storage vessel painted with figures, the base of the bowl bearing a stamped Qianlong mark and the finial on the lid bearing a stamped Tongzhi mark (repaired and retouched); the desk accessories including a cylindrical brush pot with qianjiangcai enameled landscape; a compressed globular water coupe painted with a landscape in qianjiangcai enamels and black-painted inscription, gold fish swimming across the floor of the well and stamped jin yu jen cang in red on the base; the seventh a rectangular brush rest painted with an immortal, attendants and a crane across the stepped top. 5 3/8in (13.5cm) height of covered food container5 1/2in diameter of brush washer