19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT WATER-DROPPERS
19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each moulded as a peony, the hollow stem forming the spout, enamelled in yellow, green and aubergine with black details, one chipped
7 in. (17.8 cm.) overall length (2)

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Lot Essay

These waterdroppers are closely related to the famille rose examples inscribed with Guangxu marks and dated to circa 1908. A pair of famille rose examples in the Simon Kwan Collection were sold in our Singapore Rooms, 30th March 1997, lot 282.

A green-glazed pair was sold Sotheby's London, 15th May 1973, lot 114

Compare also a pair of purple-glazed waterdroppers in the form of a peony but slightly smaller, sold in our New York Rooms, 26th March 2003, lot 288

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