comprising: seated Buddha, with glazed robes, clutching a bag and prayer beads, 5-1/8 x 6-3/4 in.; seated scholar reading book, with glazed robe and cap, 5-3/4 x 5 in.; two seated male drinking figures, with glazed robes and caps, one holding cup, larger 4-3/4 x 5 in.

Note: William Joseph Roache and his family moved from Australia to Hong Kong in the early 1960s. He was employed as an Agronomist, and his job took him out into the Chinese countryside. In these travels, he purchased Chinese art, typically porcelains, from locals and shops. Mr. Roache then moved to Singapore in the late 1960s and continued his passion for collecting. After moving to the United States, he and his family retired to a horse farm in Rutherfordton, North Carolina where he lived surrounded by his beloved objects.

Provenance: Collection of William Joseph Roache, Rutherfordton, North Carolina; by descent in family

Buddha with repair and later replacement to proper right index finger, crazing, glaze anomalies, and surface accretion; scholar with repair near proper right knee, chip to proper right knee plate, crazing, glaze anomalies, and surface accretion; one seated male missing object to be held in proper right hand, one with felt lining on base separating, glaze anomalies and loss