19TH CENTURY
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A Canton famille rose oval hot-water tureen and cover
19th Century
Delicately enamelled in vivid colours and gilt with numerous scholars, warriors and a flutist standing between Buddhistic emblems and roundels of birds perched in branches, the rim with further symbols, long-life characters and flowers, one handle pierced with cash-motif, the cover surmounted by bud finial (finial rubbed, rim chip restuck)
37.5 cm wide
19th Century
Delicately enamelled in vivid colours and gilt with numerous scholars, warriors and a flutist standing between Buddhistic emblems and roundels of birds perched in branches, the rim with further symbols, long-life characters and flowers, one handle pierced with cash-motif, the cover surmounted by bud finial (finial rubbed, rim chip restuck)
37.5 cm wide