A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TABLE WARES
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Comprising a jar and associated cover and a pair of botanical saucers; the jar decorated with Buddhist emblems below a lappet border with lotus blossoms and vines, the cover with further stylized emblems below a ruyi border; the saucers each decorated after the illustrations by botanist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), with a sprig of iris and clematis at the center, with caterpillars and flying butterfly
4 1⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) diameter, the saucers
A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TABLE WARES
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Comprising a jar and associated cover and a pair of botanical saucers; the jar decorated with Buddhist emblems below a lappet border with lotus blossoms and vines, the cover with further stylized emblems below a ruyi border; the saucers each decorated after the illustrations by botanist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), with a sprig of iris and clematis at the center, with caterpillars and flying butterfly
4 1⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) diameter, the saucers
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