A set of blue & white tea bowls and saucers Lot n° 2545

A set of blue & white tea bowls and saucers, Probably Yongzheng period, ca. 1720-30, China, An unusual set consisting of six cups and nine matching saucers. Depicting a scene from the Romance of the western chamber. Not marked. Saucers: D 14 cm, Cups: D 9 cm, H 4.5 cm, Rim fritting and glaze chips on edges. One cup with rim chips and a bruise and two hairlines with associated chips, a second cup with a hairline and associated chip and a third cup with a small hairline and associated chip and another small hairline. Three cups with no hairlines. Two saucers with a hairline (one also with glaze pops, this saucer was slightly misfired), seven saucers with no hairline.