GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD

Details

A Pair of Famille Rose Butterfly Bowls
Guangxu six-character marks in iron-red and of the period
Each with deep, rounded flaring sides decorated on the exterior with various colorful butterflies, within gilt bands on the mouth rim and above the foot
6in. (15.2cm.) diam., box (2)

Provenance

Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 14 November 1989, lot 313.

Lot Essay

This characteristic Guangxu decoration is more often found on vases of the period, such as the vase included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, no. 140.

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