IRON-RED GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'MILLEFLEURS' CUPS
IRON-RED GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
Each deep cup with steep rounded sides rising from a straight foot, the exterior brightly enamelled with a great bouquet of mixed flowers reserved on a purple leafy ground below a gold rim, one restored
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) diam. (2)

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Lot Essay

Steven Bushell says of a vase enamelled with the mille fleurs decoration in the Walter's Gallery of Art, Baltimore, illustrated in Oriental Ceramic Art, London, 1981, p. 214, fig. 279, that among the flora are to be found 'peonies of several kinds, lotus, chrysanthemum, magnolia, roses, hibiscus (both pink and yellow), orchids, iris, lilies (scarlet and white), asters, hydrangea, wisteria, dielytra, pomegranate, begonia, narcissus, convolvulous, syringa (white and lilac), Pyrus japonica (hai-t'ang) and double peach, Olea fragrans, cockscomb, etc.'

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