Lot Essay
Cf. two similar chupus sold in these Rooms, 6 October 1996, lots 542 and 543. Peranakan wares of this design are very rare and are highly sought after by collectors.
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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE LAVENDER-GROUND 'IN AND OUT' CHUPU AND COVER
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Finely decorated inside and out with lobed quatrefoil panels enclosing peony sprays, reserved on a lavender ground with flowering and fruiting sprays amidst finger citrus, gourds, brids 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, tiny chips to inner rims
5¾in. (14.6cm.) high
GUANGXU
Finely decorated inside and out with lobed quatrefoil panels enclosing peony sprays, reserved on a lavender ground with flowering and fruiting sprays amidst finger citrus, gourds, brids 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, tiny chips to inner rims
5¾in. (14.6cm.) high