China for Vietnam, 19th century - Lot 34

China for Vietnam, 19th century Ten blue-white porcelains, including a pair of small bowls decorated with birds, flowers and "longevity" calligraphy (four-character mark 仁記監利 "nhân ký giám lợi" under the base, four plates and a bowl with dragon and phoenix motifs, three plates including a pair, decorated with a bird on a camellia branch accompanied by a poem, and a plate with a bird on a camellia branch followed by the inscription 春長貴富 "Spring brings prosperity and wealth" (two-character mark 玩玉 "ngoạn ngoc" on the reverse of each plate). Cracks and minor firing defects. Diam. 9 cm to 13.5 cm Provenance: - former Duong Minh Thoi collection, Saigon - former Truong Khac Huê collection, Paris - by descent Alain and Philippe Truong, Paris