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GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
Details
FOUR FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'BIRTHDAY' VESSELS
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The group comprises a bowl and two saucers, each decorated with four roundels enclosing the characters 'wan shou wu jiang', which may be translated as 'ten thousand birthdays without end', all amongst beribboned wan symbols above crashing waves; and a cup decorated with five iron-red bats, wufu, surrounding a shou-character roundel amongst peaches and wan symbols, all reserved on a yellow ground.
The largest, 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The group comprises a bowl and two saucers, each decorated with four roundels enclosing the characters 'wan shou wu jiang', which may be translated as 'ten thousand birthdays without end', all amongst beribboned wan symbols above crashing waves; and a cup decorated with five iron-red bats, wufu, surrounding a shou-character roundel amongst peaches and wan symbols, all reserved on a yellow ground.
The largest, 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
A private European Collection.
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Samantha Yuen