CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE À SIX CARACTÈRES EN ROUGE DE FER ET ÉPOQUE GUANGXU (1875-1908)

Details

VASE BOUTEILLE EN PORCELAINE DE LA FAMILLE ROSE À DÉCOR DE PAPILLONS
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE À SIX CARACTÈRES EN ROUGE DE FER ET ÉPOQUE GUANGXU (1875-1908)
Hauteur : 39,4 cm. (15 ½ in.)

Provenance

Previously from a European private collection, acquired in Asia in the 1950s.
Christie’s Paris, Art d'Asie, 21 June 2016, lot 222.

Further details

A FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLIES' BOTTLE VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

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Lot Essay

Butterflies are a symbol of happiness and also longevity. Similar Guangxu-marked vases are illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 1983, p. 133, no. 140.

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