Includes a bowl, a small cup with handle, a small pitcher with faux bamboo handle, a dragon bud vase, and a larger vase; all decorated in varying Satsuma patterns and designs with applied gilt.

8.5 in.

The Lifelong Collection of Keith and Caroline Gray, Charlotte, NC. Keith and Caroline Gray were passionate about antiques, art, and history. Together they attended antique shows and auctions for decades – assembling a collection particularly strong on American coin silver, Asian art, historical documents, early images, and English ceramics. Both were longtime supporters of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, with Caroline serving in multiple capacities from docent to a member of the acquisitions board and trustee. Caroline translated her love of material culture into a successful career, becoming a certified property appraiser in Charlotte.

Bowl has chips to rim and repainting also a hairline crack on the side; rim chips to smaller vase; a few tight hairline cracks on larger vase.