A GROUP OF THIRTEEN OBJECTS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, including A DEHUA SEAL, of cubical form surmounted by a crouching lion, his head turned to one side and mouth open, covered with a milk-white glaze--2 7/8 in. high; FIVE FAMILLE ROSE SPOONS, TONGZHI six-character mark in iron-red, each with fluted oval bowl and upswept handle, enamelled with lotus, bat, Buddhistic emblems and scrolling foliage on a polychrome ground, the reverse with lingzhi sprays--6 in. long; TWO YELLOW-GLAZED DISHES, ONE WITH CHENGHUA MARK, THE OTHER WITH HONGZHI MARK, BOTH IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, BUT KANGXI, each covered in a pale lemon-yellow glaze--6¼ in. diam.; ANOTHER YELLOW-GLAZED DISH, KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD--4¼ IN. DIAM.; AN AMBER SMALL VASE, carved as a small pouch beneath a branch of flowering prunus, possibly a snuff bottle--2¼ in. long; and TWO UNDERGLAZE RED AND BLUE MINIATURE CYLINDRICAL VASES; and together with A WHITE-GLAZED DUCK-FORM WATER DROPPER--3¾ in. long (13)

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A GROUP OF THIRTEEN OBJECTS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, including A DEHUA SEAL, of cubical form surmounted by a crouching lion, his head turned to one side and mouth open, covered with a milk-white glaze--2 7/8 in. high; FIVE FAMILLE ROSE SPOONS, TONGZHI six-character mark in iron-red, each with fluted oval bowl and upswept handle, enamelled with lotus, bat, Buddhistic emblems and scrolling foliage on a polychrome ground, the reverse with lingzhi sprays--6 in. long; TWO YELLOW-GLAZED DISHES, ONE WITH CHENGHUA MARK, THE OTHER WITH HONGZHI MARK, BOTH IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, BUT KANGXI, each covered in a pale lemon-yellow glaze--6¼ in. diam.; ANOTHER YELLOW-GLAZED DISH, KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD--4¼ IN. DIAM.; AN AMBER SMALL VASE, carved as a small pouch beneath a branch of flowering prunus, possibly a snuff bottle--2¼ in. long; and TWO UNDERGLAZE RED AND BLUE MINIATURE CYLINDRICAL VASES; and together with A WHITE-GLAZED DUCK-FORM WATER DROPPER--3¾ in. long (13)

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A similar lion seal was included in the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society Exhibiton of Chinese White Wares, Singapore 1973, Catalogue no. 165; one with a cub at its side, in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, University of Durham, is illustrated in the Malcolm MacDonald Collection Catalogue, pl. LXXXIII, no. 231; others are illustrated by Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl. 67 C (center), and by Gulland, Chinese Porcelain, vol. 1, nos. 198 and 199.

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