LOT 638 Guangxu seventeen-character marks and of the period A pair of 'lotus leaf' libation cups
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A pair of 'lotus leaf' libation cups
Guangxu seventeen-character marks and of the periodEach 'nose cup' formed as a vibrant pink flowerhead with a pouring spout, with a hollow green stem bearing the reign mark.Each: 18cm (7 1/8in) wide (3).
|Compare a similar cup in G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, Berlin 1987, pl. 100. See another example in the Palace Museum described as a lotus cup, 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. Also compare with a pair of cups sold in Bonhams San Francisco, 23 May 2015, lot 7292.The inscription on the reverse of the stems may be translated as 'A commemorative cup of the Autumn Manoeuvres near Lake Tai in Anhui Province in the 3rd (the second cup: 5th) year of Guangxu of the Great Qing Dynasty'.
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