Four Chinese Porcelain Cricket Boxes with Covers

19th and 20th century, porcelain hand painted in famille rose palette to exterior sides and cover with figures in landscape scenes, three of the boxes have calligraphy to reverse side, the covers have two reticulated coin shaped motifs, one with four-character red seal to underside.

Largest 1 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Wear and rubbing with some loss to gilt on all boxes; one with repair to side and hairline crack to underside; one with rim chips to box rim.