An associated pair of Chinese famille noir-decorated porcelain ceremonial ewers 黑地瓷胎画珐琅多穆壶两只 或为一对 Qing dynasty 清 Of cylindrical form with four registers separated by bands of diaper, each decorated with still life of flowers, rockworks, birds, and butterflies, all amidst black ground, lobed mouth rim, one side flanked by a spout designed as a stylish dragon emerging from a larger dragon's mouth, and three beast-head knobs to the other side, with one cover. (H: 14 3/4 in. and 14 1/4 in., Dia: 4 3/4z)Qty: (2)PROVENANCE: W. E. Browne Decorating Company, Atlanta, GeorgiaProperty from the collection of Mr. Norman Potter, acquired from the above, February 28, 1966Thence by descent Footnote: NOTE: Norman Stanley Potter (1926–1970) was a collector with wide-ranging interests who developed an eye for classical arts and built a collection of Asian art, antiquities, and early European art. Born to Polish immigrants in New York City, Potter began his self-edification in the arts during his youth while exploring the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As a prominent mathematician and engineer, he participated in the Manhattan Project and later was a designer of complex defense systems. Together with his wife, the abstract artist Berne Potter, he was active in the art and antique worlds of New York and became friends with important gallerists and collectors, including Julius Carlebach and Melvin Gutman of Cole Galleries, Ltd., New York.