* Eight Blanc-de-Chine Porcelain Wine and Libation Cups

qing dynasty
comprising three libation cups with flared mouth rims, two examples decorated with mythical beasts in a landscape, one example decorated with flowering branches and raised on a later wood stand, one wine cup example in the form of a lotus blossom with the walls formed by the flower petals, one wine cup in the form of a peach with decoration of leafy fruiting branches, three smaller wine cups in the form of flower blossoms, the walls formed by petals with leafy branches and butterflies.
Height of tallest 2 1/2 inches.

Property from the Dr. Peter M. Greiner Trust, Rockford, Illinois