The collection comprises: six moulded cups and saucers with foliate rims, decorated with stylised flowers on leafy stems, the bases with a geometric design within double circles; four cups and saucers decorated with the 'flowers of the four seasons', prunus, peony, lotus and chrysanthemum, the bases with a double lozenge within double circles together with a single, slightly larger similarly-decorated cup; three moulded cups and saucers decorated to the interiors with a central flower head and to the exteriors with alternating panels of landscapes and flowers together with a single, similarly decorated slightly larger cup; and three later Kangxi-style cups and saucers with a stylised floral design.
The largest saucer: 5 in. (12.5 cm.) diam.

Acquired in the first half of the 20th century, and then by descent within the family.

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Six moulded cups and saucers with foliate rims
- In good overall condition.
- The six cups 3¼ in (8.4 cm.) diam.
- The six saucers 4⅞ in. (12.5 cm.) diam.

Five 'flowers of the four seasons' cups and four saucers
- The five cups have scattered small nicks and small chips to the rims, the largest chip measuring max. approx. 0.6 x 0.2 cm.
- One cup has two hairline cracks, the largest extending max. approx. 4 cm. from the rim.
- The four saucers have various scattered small nicks and small chips to the rims, the largest measuring max. approx. 0.5 x 0.1 cm from the rim.
- One saucer has two hairlines, and a second saucer has one hairline, the largest measuring max. approx. 2 cm. from the rim.
- The five cups 2¾ in. (7.1 cm.) diam.
- The four saucers 4⅜ in. (11.1 cm.) diam.

Three 'landscape and flower panel' moulded cups and two saucers
- Two cups have a few tiny scattered nicks.
- Two saucers have a few scattered nicks and a chip measuring max. approx. 0.5 x 0.2 cm.
- The third cup is in good condition.
- The three cups 3⅜ in. (8.5 cm.) diam.
- The two saucers 5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) diam.

One cup
- This has a hairline extending approx. 3.5 cm. from the rim.
- This has a shallow chip measuring approx. 1.2 cm. wide.
- The cup measures 2⅞ in. (7.3 cm.) diam.

Three Kangxi-style cups and saucers with central flower heads, all later in date
- Two cups have a few scattered nicks and each has a hairline crack, the longest measuring max. approx. 3.5 cm. from the rim.
- One saucer has a nick to the rim.
- The third cup and two remaining saucers are in good condition.
- Three Kangxi-style cups 2⅞ in. (7.4 cm.) diam.
- Three Kangxi-style saucers 4½ in. (11.6 cm.) diam.

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