Group of Chinese Seal Paste Boxes and Japanese Cups

Description:

Group of Chinese Seal Paste Boxes and Japanese Cups, 19th/20th century, four porcelain seal paste boxes, two with famille rose decorations and a four-character Qianlong mark on base, another with a blue and white scholar in a landscape, six-character Kangxi mark on base, and another decorated with oxblood glaze, four-character Xuande mark on base, on carved wood stand; five Kutani cups with blue and white exteriors and gilt and polychrome figures on the interior, two-character mark on base, ht. to 3 in.
Estimate $150-250

small chip to the rim and lid of the blue and white box. There is minor pitting and a small abrasion to lid of the red box. There is also putty affixed to the rim and base of this box


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