A CIZHOU FIGURE OF ZHENWU AND THREE CIZHOU VESSELS Yuan/Ming Dynasty Comprising: a figure of the Daoist deity Zhenwu, seated on a throne with a stylised tortoise and snake at his feet; a flaring bowl decorated with foliate designs on a cream slip ground; a small jar decorated with linear designs; and a pear-shaped bottle vase decorated with a bird amongst blossoming prunus and bamboo. The tallest: 20.5cm (8 1/8in) high. (4). Footnotes: 元/明 磁州窯真武大帝像及器皿三件 Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 2000 (the bowl)(collector's notes) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 2006 (the figure)(collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M. White, People at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol. 5, n.p., 2024, p.92 (the figure of Zhenwu) M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 4, n.p., 2023, p.286 (the vase) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing