A Set of Six Chinese Kangxi Blue and White Teacups and Five Saucers with Flora

Kangxi period (1662-1722), porcelain hand-painted in underglaze blue with delicate floral blooms, the center of each saucer with peony blossoms and rockwork, each cup with a peony blossom to the center of well, each piece with an apocryphal four character Chenghua mark within two circles in underglaze blue to the underside.

Teacup 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. diameter; saucer all approximately 4 in. diameter

From the collection of Alice Sophie Everts (von Groening) (1890-1990) and husband Dirk Everts (1890-1928), and by family descent
Acquired in the 1920s by Dirk Everts while in the service of the Dutch government in Hong Kong. The collection was subsequently brought to the Netherlands, where it remained in the Everts family and survived the years of Nazi occupation. Thence by family descent.

One cup with several chips and break and repair and associated area of restoration, several cups with fleabites to rims; several saucers with fritting rims and foot rims, one with short hairline at rim.