A Chinese porcelain month cup, finely enamelled with a cricket on a camelia, within gilt borders, with a poem inscribed to the reverse. Four-character red enamel mark yongching changchun (enduring spring eternally celebrated) to the base. Republic period (c. 1950s?).
Perfect condition.
The mark is associated with porcelain made in the 19th cent ...click for details
A fine silver-gilt snuff bottle, relief-decorated in enamels with a writhing dragon, the sides studded with turquoise and coral. Silver gilt stopper mounted with glass imitating tourmaline. Height: 2 ½ in. Probably 20th cent. Tests as sterling quality.
One turquoise is missing. No other damage. Ex-Kaynes-Klitz collection.
