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Lot Essay
For a discussion of this pattern, part of a significant group of porcelain produced for the celebration of the wedding of Cixi's son Zaichun, the Tongzhi Emperor, see R. Longsdorf, `The Tongzhi Imperial Wedding Porcelain', Orientations, October 1996, pp. 69-78, where vessels of this pattern are illustrated, figs. 14, 33 and 34.
A cup similar to the third cup is illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, p. 106, no. 99, and another was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 4022. A pair of cups similar to the first two cups was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 424.
A cup similar to the third cup is illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, p. 106, no. 99, and another was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 4022. A pair of cups similar to the first two cups was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 424.