Lot Essay
Cf. a smaller pair of coral-red-ground spittons illustrated in Ho Wing Meng, Straits Chinese Porcelain - A Collector's Guide, fig. 25; and another sold in these Rooms, 30 September 1995, lot 119
IRON-RED GUANGXU MARK
Details
A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE CORAL-RED-GROUND SPITTOON
IRON-RED GUANGXU MARK
Finely enamelled with lobed quatrefoil panels enclosing peonies and pheasant reserved on a ground with crickets, butterfly and scattered blooms, all between ruyi and lotus-lappet borders, the sides with a pair of moulded taotie masks
4¾in. (12.2cm.) high
IRON-RED GUANGXU MARK
Finely enamelled with lobed quatrefoil panels enclosing peonies and pheasant reserved on a ground with crickets, butterfly and scattered blooms, all between ruyi and lotus-lappet borders, the sides with a pair of moulded taotie masks
4¾in. (12.2cm.) high