A GROUP OF FIVE MINIATURE VESSELS Eastern Zhou to Song/Yuan Dynasty Comprising: a Cizhou type stem cup, the flared vessel resting on a slender stem, decorated with a palmette frieze on a creamy white slip ground; a water dropper with rope twist handle decorated in iron-brown with foliate motifs on a white slip ground; a shallow over-handled vessel decorated in a chocolate brown glaze; a shallow ash glazed stoneware vessel applied with three small scroll motifs to the shoulder; and an olive glazed bowl. The stem cup 7cm (2 3/4in) high. (5). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 東周至宋/元 袖珍瓷器一組五件 Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 1st February 2016 (label and collector's notes) (the stem cup) Francis Brodie Lodge (1880-1967) & Enid Lodge, Northamptonshire, Collection no. M184 (label) (the water dropper) R & G McPherson Antiques, London, June 2006 (collector's notes) (the water dropper) Acquired in 2002 (collector's notes) (the ash glazed vessel) Acquired in 2000 (collector's notes) (the over-handled vessel) Published and Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares: Ting, Ying Ch'ing and Tz'u Chou, London, 1949, p.12, no.12 (the water dropper, assumed) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol.2, n.p, 2021, p.13 (the stem cup). M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.4, n.p, 2023, p.173 (the water dropper). M. White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.3, n.p, 2022, p.5 (the ash glazed vessel). Francis Brodie Lodge (1880-1967) worked in shipping before starting Lodge Brothers (later. Lodge Plugs) with his brother. His interest in Chinese ceramics, which he shared with his wife Enid, led to an active role in the Oriental Ceramic Society and together they contributed to many of the Society's exhibitions. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing