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DAOGUANG/XIANFENG PERIOD (1821-1861)
Details
A SET OF FOUR IRON-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE WINE CUPS
DAOGUANG/XIANFENG PERIOD (1821-1861)
Each has deep rounded sides that flare towards the gilded rim, and is decorated on the exterior with two iron-red dragons striding amidst clouds in pursuit of gilt flaming pearls between double blue borders of rolling waves and ruyi heads. A third dragon is leaping after a flaming pearl in the bottom of the interior within and below blue double line borders.
3½ in. (9 cm.) diam. (4)
DAOGUANG/XIANFENG PERIOD (1821-1861)
Each has deep rounded sides that flare towards the gilded rim, and is decorated on the exterior with two iron-red dragons striding amidst clouds in pursuit of gilt flaming pearls between double blue borders of rolling waves and ruyi heads. A third dragon is leaping after a flaming pearl in the bottom of the interior within and below blue double line borders.
3½ in. (9 cm.) diam. (4)
Provenance
Acquired in Washington, D.C., mid-1980s.
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