A FAMILLE ROSE TEACUP AND A SAUCER

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FAMILLE ROSE TEACUP AND A SAUCER
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The handled teacup enamelled with a phoenix panel reserved on a ground of peony branches, the foliated rim with a Buddhist emblem border, the saucer similarly decorated, iron-red Tu Mao Xing mark, hairline crack to saucer
the cup 2¾in. (6.7cm.) high, the saucer 5in. (12.5cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

These wares were adopted by the Straits Chinese from Western prototypes. Cf. other cups and saucers from the collection of Mrs Grace Saw illustrated in Ho Wing Meng, Straits Chinese Ceramics - A Collector's Guide, fig. 4

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