DAOGUANG/XIANFENG PERIOD (1821-1861)

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'BARAGON TUMED' CUPS
DAOGUANG/XIANFENG PERIOD (1821-1861)
Each is enameled on the exterior with the Buddhist emblems of the 'Seven Regal Treasures', including the Wheel of the Law, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, a male deity, the Minister and the General, within leaf-shaped panels, each supported on a lotus blossom, below a band of shou characters alternating with the bajixiang, and above a band of rocks and waves. The interior is decorated with a stylized lotus and double vajra design. A two-character iron-red mark in Mongolian script is on each base.
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) diam., pewter cup stands (2)

Provenance

The Rende Zhai (House of Benevolent Learning) Collection, 1949-1970s.

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Lot Essay

According to S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. CXII (1), where a bowl of this pattern in the British Museum is illustrated, the mark identifies it as "part of a service made for a granddaughter of Tao Kuang who married a Mongolian prince of the Tumed Banner." The author further notes, p. 72, that the set was made at the Imperial factories to celebrate the marriage. Compare the set of five similar cups and pewter stands sold at Christie's New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 2039.

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