Early 20th century, porcelain hand painted in polychrome enamels, the first with a calligraphic inscription to upper body with red seal above a finely painted bird perched on a rock surrounded by large pink blooms, with a four character mark in iron red to underside, the second with elegant ladies in lush garden, unmarked.


10 7/8 in., 4 3/4 in. diameter

Private Collection, Aiken, South Carolina

Hairline crack to rim of one, firing flaw to foot rim, matte feel to glaze; on other one a nick to interior rim, rubbing and loss to gilt.