Four Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Wares

Four Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Wares. Comprising an initialled tea bowl and saucer, 1785-1800, each painted and gilt with a ribbon-tied oval enclosing the initial "M" in foliate script, within a Fitzhugh-type cell diaper and moth border in underglaze-blue; and a pair of 'Thousand Butterfly' pattern saucers, circa 1870. Initialled tea bowl: H: 1.875 in., Diam: 3.25 in.; saucer: H: 1.25 in., Diam: 5 in. Pair of saucers: H: .75 in., Diam: 5.5 in.

1.875 x 3.25 x 3.25 in
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