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A SET OF SIX BLUE AND WHITE 'CHESS-PLAYERS' COFFEE CANS AND MATCHING SAUCERS, each cylindrical cup with cusped bracket handle, the exterior and conical saucer painted with a lakescape depicting an elaborate pagoda within a lattice-fenced court with twinned pine and deciduous trees, a small bridge leading to an island with two scholars playing chess in the shade of similar trees below a pagoda on a small island in the distance, the interior rims with an elaborate 'three-band' border, circa 1816
6.5cm. high and 13.8cm. diam. (12)
6.5cm. high and 13.8cm. diam. (12)