A documentary famille rose flower-shaped pouring vessel
Guangxu, dated by inscription to AD1908 and of the period
The body formed as an opening lotus blossom with overlapping incised petals enamelled in pink ending with a square spout, the underside with an applied lime-green stem stippled and inscribed in black Daqing Guangxu sanshisinian Jiaotaihu fujin qiucao jinian bei.
20cm (8in) long
The body formed as an opening lotus blossom with overlapping incised petals enamelled in pink ending with a square spout, the underside with an applied lime-green stem stippled and inscribed in black Daqing Guangxu sanshisinian Jiaotaihu fujin qiucao jinian bei.
20cm (8in) long
Sold for
£3,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The inscription may be translated: Cup commemorating the autumn military exercises held near Lake Taiming in Anhui during the 34th year of the Guangxu reign of the Great Qing Dynasty. A similar cup dated to 1907 was included in the Min Chiu Society Exhibition, Hong Kong, and is illustrated by L.A.Cort and J.Stuart, Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Washington D.C., 1993, no.67.
Category: Decorative Arts / General Ceramics and Glass
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