A RARE FAMILLE ROSE LAVENDER-GROUND 'IN AND OUT' CHUPU AND A COVER

GUANGXU

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE LAVENDER-GROUND 'IN AND OUT' CHUPU AND A COVER
GUANGXU
Finely decorated inside and out with lobed quatrefoil panels enclosing peony sprays, reserved on a lavender-ground with flowering and fruiting sprigs amidst finger citrus, gourds, birds and butterflies within a border with alternating green and yellow panels containing either birds and insects or flowering and fruiting sprigs to the exterior, the interior with similar motifs reserved on a green ground framed by Buddhist emblem borders beneath the rims, iron-red Xu Shun Chang marks, minor rim nicks and frits
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Peranankan wares of this design are rare and are highly sought after by collectors. Cf. a similarly decorated bowl sold in these Rooms, 30 September 1995, lot 73. An 'in and out' chupu was sold in these Rooms, 25 March 1995, lot 89; and another from the collection of Dr. Eunice Thio is illustrated in Ho Weng Meng, op. cit., fig. 38

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