AN UNUSUAL SMALL FAMILLE ROSE BELL-SHAPED CUP

QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL FAMILLE ROSE BELL-SHAPED CUP
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The deep bell-form cup finely enamelled on the exterior with two large quadrilobed cartouches, one painted with a pair of ladies in an outdoor setting, one holding an iron-red ruyi sceptre, the other with a lady holding a celadon-glazed vase, a spotted deer beside her, with two smaller cartouches containing inscriptions, all surrounded by composite foliate scroll, the interior and the base of the foot covered in turquoise enamel, the mouth rim gilded
2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

One inscription may be translated:
'Her lotus foot steps lightly out of her boudoir
Her poise graceful and coquettish as her dress perfumes the air'.
The other inscription is excerpted from 'Niao Nuo', a poem by the Tang dynasty poet Han Wo: 'Delicate and slender waists; simply made-up faces; six dynasties of palatial beauties in close-fitting gowns and dresses'.

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