The majority of the service is decorated with an extensive river landscape with fishermen in sampans, and pagodas and pavilions on the riverbank, within elaborate composite borders, comprising: an oblong octagonal soup tureen, cover and stand, a sauce-tureen, cover and stand, ten serving dishes in sizes, three leaf-shaped sauce boats and stands, two square bowls with canted corners, two salts, two saucer-shaped dishes, two mazarins and strainers, twenty-four plates, twelve soup-plates, eleven dessert plates, all en suite; and a punch pot and cover, similarly decorated, and a pair of oval sauce-tureens, covers and stands, similarly decorated.
The largest serving dish 17¹⁄₄ in. (43.8 cm.) wide

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We have sought to record changes in the condition of these pieces acquired after their manufacture.
All pieces:
-There are expected light surface wear and scratches due to age and use.
-Some pieces have glaze lines and pinprick holes.
-Some have a few potting or glaze flaws.

Oblong octagonal soup tureen, cover and stand - stand 14¹⁄₂ in. (37 cm.) wide
-There are fritting and a few minor chips to the edges of the tureen and the stand.

Sauce-tureen, cover and stand - stand 8¹⁄₈ in. (20.5 cm.) wide
-There are fritting and a few minor chips to the edges

Ten serving dishes in sizes - from 17¹⁄₄ in. (43.8 cm.) to 9⁷⁄₈ in. (25 cm.) wide
-There are fritting and some chips to the edges.
-One smaller dish has been broken into several pieces and restuck.
-Another smaller dish: one side of the dish has been broken into several pieces and restuck and stablised with pins.

Three leaf-shaped sauce boats and stands - stands 8 in. (20 cm.) wide
-There is fritting and chips to the edges.
-One stand has remnants of old glue on surface.

Two square bowls - the larger 10¹⁄₄ in. (26 cm.) wide
-Both bowls have frits and some minor nicks to the rims.
-One bowl has areas of restoration on the mouth rim.

Two salts - 3¹⁄₂ in. (9 cm.) wide
-There is fritting to edges and corners.

Two saucer-shaped dishes - 10 in. (25.4 cm.) diam.
-There are a few frits to the rims.

Two mazarins and strainers - the mazarins 16 in.(40.6 cm.) wide
-There are frits and a few nicks to the edges.

Twenty-four plates - 9¹⁄₈ in. (23 cm.) wide
-There are frits to edges.
-Some have chips to rims, some have hairline crack(s), the longest measuring approx. 6 cm. long.

Twelve soup-plates - 9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide
-There are frits to edges.
-A few dishes have chips to rims, a few have hairline crack(s), the longest measuring approx. 6 cm. long.

Eleven dessert plates - 6⁵⁄₈ in. (16.7 cm.) wide
-There are frits to edges.
-Some dishes have chips to the rims; a few dishes have hairline cracks, the longest measuring approx. 3 cm.

Similar punch pot and cover - 11³⁄₈ in. (29 cm.) wide
-The cover has a rim chip and an associated hairline crack, measuring approx. 2 cm.
-There are a few nicks to the edges of the punch pot.
-There are hairline cracks to the surface
-There is a star crack to the interior of the punch pot with associated losses of porcelain and associated overpainting.
-There is expected wear to the gilding.

Pair of similar sauce-tureens, covers and stands - stands 6¹⁄₂ in. (16.5 cm.) wide
-One cover has been broken into two halves and restuck.
-There are a few nicks to the edges.
-There is fritting.

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