A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'PRUNUS AND MAGPIE' BOTTLE VASE

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER IRON RED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

Details

A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'PRUNUS AND MAGPIE' BOTTLE VASE
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER IRON RED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
It is decorated with magpies amongst flowering branches of prunus blossom.
20 in. (51 cm.) high

Provenance

Purchased in Macon, France, in 1979.

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Lot Essay

Magpies and prunus form the rebus Xishang meishao that may be translated as "happiness up to your eyebrows".
Magpies are auspicious birds and when a group of twelve birds are portrayed together, this augurs twelve wishes for the viewer.
A possible mirror image of this vase sold at Sotheby's, Paris, 13 June 2012, lot 65.

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