Lot 58
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A SET OF SIX IRON-RED 'DRAGON' CUPS, each painted around the exterior with two five-clawed scaly dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl above a band of breaking waves at the foot, Guangxu six-character marks and of the period (6)

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A SET OF SIX IRON-RED 'DRAGON' CUPS, each painted around the exterior with two five-clawed scaly dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl above a band of breaking waves at the foot, Guangxu six-character marks and of the period (6)

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Cf. a similar wine cup, with the addition of white enamel claws, from the Weishaupt collection illustrated by G. Avitable, From the Dragon's Treasure, Catalogue, no.122

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