Early Qing Dynasty and later|Ranging from red to dark brown stoneware, two of the teapots with applied and moulded gnarled branches of blossoming prunus, the shorter one marked 'Guang Ming' to the base; the brown teapot and cover with a motif of squirrel and grapevines; and a brown clay brush pot modelled as a prunus branch.|The largest: 14cm (5 1/2in) wide (7).|Provenance: the 'Guang Ming' teapot, purchased from Lorenz Denney on 8 December 1984 (collector's note).The brushpot, from J. Goddall, Portobello road, on 8 September 1984 (collector's note).'Guangming' is the seal of potter Chen Guangming, active in the Late Qing and early Republic period.