Two blue and white and polychrome porcelain bowls, China for Vietnam and China, 19th century - Blue and white porcelain bowl decorated with a figure crossing a bridge and pulling an ox behind him, a peasant carrying faggots, two fishermen on a sampan and a man in a pavilion. In the distance, mountains. At the base the four-character mark 順利坤記, Shùnlì Kūnjì, "memorable success of Kunji", "Kunji" probably being a merchant's name. H.: 7.5 cm; diam.: 18.3 cm; - small underglaze blue porcelain flared-rim bowl with overglaze polychrome enamels, decorated with two butterflies and two birds, one resting on a balustrade, the other on a branch among flowers of peonies, magnolias and other varieties growing in pierced rocks. On the base, an apocryphal Qianlong mark in zhuanshu and underglaze blue with six characters. Diameter: 11.5 cm; cracked.