Suite de dix petits bols en porcelaine doucai Dynastie Qing, XVIIIE siècle

peint au centre d'un petit loir sous les pampres et à l'extérieur de bambous et pampres alternés, marque à six caractères Jiajing dans un double-cercle en bleu sous couverte à la base, coffret en bois tendu de soie (12)

Acquired in China in the early 20th century.
Thence in the family by descent.

One with a 2cm hairline crack starting from the rim, another one with two minute chips to the rim and the third one with a 0.3cm shallow chip to the rim with an associated hairline crack (1cm); one has a 2cm firing crack near its foot, two with very light fritting to the footrim and one with very light fritting to the footrim and a pin-point imperfection to the rim; three bowls are in very good overall condition.
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