Description A group of 5 Chinese porcelain wine warmers by Wang Youtang, He Minggu, etc. Includes: a blue and white warmer with lotus tracery. A blue and white warmer with an inscription and a signature featuring a landscape scene; the cup features archaic characters. A famille rose warmer with an inscription and a signature. The warmer features a scene with a bird on a yellow flowering branch on the lid and body with a 6-character mark on the bottom, the cup features an inscription. A warmer with an inscription and a signature featuring a bird on a pink flowering branch and a 4-character mark on the bottom; the cup features a scene of 2 birds on a pink flowering branch. A warmer with an inscription and a signature featuring a landscape scene by a river with a bridge and a boat, the cup has Qing script and the lid features a scene on the banks of a river with a fisherman. All wine warmers have a peach finial. Dimensions are: 4 in. tall X 3 1/4 in. wide; 10.2 cm tall X 8.3 cm wide. All measurements are approximate.
Condition Report The blue and white landscape warmer has a crack in the rim of the cup. The famille rose warmer has a hairline crack in the rim of the cup and a repaired firing defect. The warmer with pink flowers has a chip to the rim.
Provenance From Mrs. Kulisek in Houston, Texas. Her father was an oil company executive and bought these items in Hong Kong and Singapore prior to the 1970s.