A group of four robin's egg blue miniature porcelains
A group of four robin's egg blue miniature porcelains
19th/20th century
The first a vase of archaistic gu beaker-form with a flared mouth and foot separated by a central nodule; the second a vase with a garlic-head mouth atop a tapered neck and a globular body supported by a flared foot; the third a rectangular stand with perforated walls, perhaps to serve as a brush holder; the fourth a thin rectangular plaque molded on one side with prunus branches and butterflies picked out in white slip against the mottled blue glaze ground.
5 1/4in (13.3cm) height of second and tallest (4).
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A group of four robin's egg blue miniature porcelains
19th/20th century
The first a vase of archaistic gu beaker-form with a flared mouth and foot separated by a central nodule; the second a vase with a garlic-head mouth atop a tapered neck and a globular body supported by a flared foot; the third a rectangular stand with perforated walls, perhaps to serve as a brush holder; the fourth a thin rectangular plaque molded on one side with prunus branches and butterflies picked out in white slip against the mottled blue glaze ground.
5 1/4in (13.3cm) height of second and tallest (4).