FIVE WHITE-GLAZED VESSELS, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

The first, a soft-paste stem cup, is incised on the exterior with two dragons chasing flaming pearls, the base incised with an apocryphal Jiajing mark; the second and third, two small crackle-glazed lotus leaf-form cups, are each molded on the sides with leaves and butterflies, and supported on a flower-head-form foot; the fourth, a shallow soft-paste dish, is incised in the center with fish amidst waves, the exterior of the sides with a geometric design; the fifth, a small compressed soft-paste washer, is incised with a band of stylized clouds around the shoulder, the foot dressed in brown.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high; 21⁄2 in. (6.5 cm) wide; 21⁄2 in. (6.5 cm) wide; 43⁄4 in. (12 cm.) diam.; 31⁄2 in. (9 cm.) diam.