Lot Essay
Cf. a lime-green-ground kamcheng and cover sold in these Rooms, 27 March 1994, lot 63; and another illustrated in Ho Wing Meng, Straits Chinese Porcelain - A Collector's Guide, lot 790
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Details
A FAMILLE ROSE KAMCHENG AND COVER
TONGZHI
The body finely enamelled on both sides with a bird perched on a prunus tree behind peonies and rockwork dividing pairs of animal mask handles, the cover with further flowers surmounted by a large Buddhistic lion finial, the interiors turquoise glazed, glaze chips to moulded extremities and rim of cover
11 in. (27.8 cm.) high
TONGZHI
The body finely enamelled on both sides with a bird perched on a prunus tree behind peonies and rockwork dividing pairs of animal mask handles, the cover with further flowers surmounted by a large Buddhistic lion finial, the interiors turquoise glazed, glaze chips to moulded extremities and rim of cover
11 in. (27.8 cm.) high