Japanese, probably late Edo/Meiji period, enamel decorated in the famille verte palette, the interior depicting a seated scholar in a landscape, the sides decorated with green diaper pattern, scholar's objects, and floral reserves, iron red kutani mark to base, 3-1/2 x 10-1/2 in.; with carved wood stand; Chinese, 19th century, famille rose footed punch bowl, floral and pheasant decoration, 4 x 9-1/4 in.; with wood stand

Provenance: Estate of the Late Janet N. and Clarence L. Adams, Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina

Kutani bowl with two rim cracks, clay void at interior base, light wear to decoration; punch bowl with surface dirt layer, glaze loss and small chips to rim, two cracks to rim, scattered pinholes throughout, losses to gilding and decoration, central floral spray faded, scratches to bowl interior