THE CUPS YONGZHENG, THE OTHERS QIANLONG
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A pair of famille rose cups, milk-jug and tea-caddy
The cups Yongzheng, the others Qianlong
The cups delicately enamelled with two cartouches enclosing a couple seated intimately in a rocky landscape, reserved on scrolling foliage in gilt and black enamel; the pear-shaped milk-jug and ovoid tea-caddy moulded with a row of lotus petals (cover missing, cracks, restoration to the milk-jug)
9.2 cm. and 10.5 cm. high (4)
The cups Yongzheng, the others Qianlong
The cups delicately enamelled with two cartouches enclosing a couple seated intimately in a rocky landscape, reserved on scrolling foliage in gilt and black enamel; the pear-shaped milk-jug and ovoid tea-caddy moulded with a row of lotus petals (cover missing, cracks, restoration to the milk-jug)
9.2 cm. and 10.5 cm. high (4)