NINE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN SWEET MEAT DISHES,Tongzhi iron red seal mark and period. Floral decoration on blue ground, turquoise interior. - 8 1/4 in. high. Estimate $800-1,200
PROVENANCE: Estate of Thomas Eliot Weil, Washington DC, American Consul in Chong Qing in the 1930s-1940s. Vice-Consul at Canton, 1937-1938. Third Secretary of Embassy at Nanking 1938-1941, Vice-Consul at Shanghai 1941, in Japanese custody seven months.
