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Two famille rose enameled libation cups
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Two famille rose enameled libation cups
7 1/2in (19cm) long
Footnotes
For a similarly inscribed peony cup in the Victoria & Albert Museum, with yellow-dotted stamen reserve of similar gourd shape around the drainage hole but of slightly larger size, see Ming Wilson, Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics, 1998. no. 11, pp. 42-43 (19.7cm long). The stamen reserve of the same shape also appears in a pair of cups of described as in the shape of an Indian lotus by H. A. van Oort in Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries, pl. 95, p. 76 (17cm long, also as Guangxu, dated 1908). The example in the Palace Museum is also described as a lotus cup: see Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji 39: Falangcai Fencai (The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing 39: Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration), 2008, no. 249, p. 280.
Saleroom notices
Please note that the hollow stem on the second cup in this lot has been retouched on the underside with lime green and black pigments to match the surrounding enamel.














