A group of four robin's egg blue miniature porcelains 19th/20th century All four glazed in varied iterations of the mottled sky-blue palette, the first a vase of archaistic gu form consisting of a flared mouth and flared foot separated by a central nodule; the second also a vase of garlic-head form consisting of a bulbous mouth atop a tapered neck raised on a globular body supported by a flared foot; the third a rectangular scholars' object perforated in numerous apertures of varied shape perhaps to serve as a brush holder; the fourth a thin rectangle, one side displaying molded motifs of prunus branches and butterflies in white slip. 5 1/4in (13.3cm) height of second and tallest (4).
A group of four robin's egg blue miniature porcelains 19th/20th century All four glazed in varied iterations of the mottled sky-blue palette, the first a vase of archaistic gu form consisting of a flared mouth and flared foot separated by a central nodule; the second also a vase of garlic-head form consisting of a bulbous mouth atop a tapered neck raised on a globular body supported by a flared foot; the third a rectangular scholars' object perforated in numerous apertures of varied shape perhaps to serve as a brush holder; the fourth a thin rectangle, one side displaying molded motifs of prunus branches and butterflies in white slip. 5 1/4in (13.3cm) height of second and tallest (4).
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