Two pairs of famille rose 'lotus-leaf' libation cups
Guangxu marks, dated by inscription to 1908 and of the period
Each pair thinly and naturalistically modelled with overlapping puce and pink-enamelled petals, the stamen pierced with a small circular aperture connecting the hollow green-enamelled stem forming the handle.
The larger pair 20.3cm (8in) long (4).
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