A GROUP OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE AND BLANC-DE-CHINE PORCELAIN 17th-19th century (12)

A GROUP OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE AND BLANC-DE-CHINE PORCELAIN 17th-19th century Comprising: a bowl and cover, painted with figures in a garden scene, flanked by two flower-head-shaped handles and topped with a finial; a dish painted to the centre with a bonsai, inscribed with a six-character mark to the base; a dish with a foliated rim, painted to the centre with a medallion enclosing sprays of flowers and rockworks; a sprinkler painted to the middle section with a group of scholars' objects; a beaker with a conical body painted with floral sprays issuing from rockworks; a small vase painted with lappets enclosing birds, flowers and rockworks; a figure of Jesus tied on the cross, supported by a rockwork stand; a handled tripod cup with twig-like handle, resting on three small feet with an everted rim; a lion looking to the left, seated on its hind legs, raised upon a flat rectangular stand; a pair of lions, each holding a double-gourd-shaped vase with the fore claws beside a tube for joss stick, resting on a tall rectangular plinth The largest: 16cm (6 1/4in) diam. (12). Footnotes: 十七至十九世紀 青花及德化瓷器 一組十一件 Provenance: Sotheby's Amsterdam, 14 May 1997, lot 394 (the blanc de chine cup) Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing