A rare large blue and white 'shou'-character jar. Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619) The heavily potted, high-shouldered body decorated with a pattern of shou roundels reserved on a ground...

A pair of 'doucai' shou-character dishes. Qianlong seal mark and period each body with gently rounded side rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, painted and polychrome enamelled to the interior with a medallion enclosing a shou-character...