An export wine cup with flaring sides, painted and gilt to the exterior with three butterflies among fruiting leafy melon tendrils -- 2¾in. diam, iron-red Daoguang seal mark and of the period.

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An export wine cup with flaring sides, painted and gilt to the exterior with three butterflies among fruiting leafy melon tendrils -- 2¾in. diam, iron-red Daoguang seal mark and of the period.
See Colour Plate 30 and detail of mark.

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