A set of forty-eight blue and white 'Nanking cargo' teabowls and saucers

A set of forty-eight blue and white 'Nanking cargo' teabowls and saucers
Circa 1750
Decorated with the 'pagoda riverscape' pattern, depicting a double-roofed pagoda on a rocky riverbank, an island appearing in the background, below a band of trellis-pattern at the rim, chips and cracks
The teabowls 7.5 cm., the saucers 12 cm. diam. (96)