A pair of blue and white 'Pine and Deer' wine cups Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, each of conical form, the flared sides rising from a short straight foot to the lightly lipped rim, finely painted on the exterior in underglaze blue with a deer grazing beside rocks beneath an overhanging pine tree, the interior undecorated, fitted box, 9.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Gould collection, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 16 June 2014, lot 9. Private collection, Sydney