VASE 'PAPILLONS' EN PORCELAINE DE LA FAMILLE ROSE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES EN ROUGE DE FER ET EPOQUE GUANGXU (1875-1908)

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VASE 'PAPILLONS' EN PORCELAINE DE LA FAMILLE ROSE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES EN ROUGE DE FER ET EPOQUE GUANGXU (1875-1908)
The bulbous body and tall, waisted neck are decorated with a multitude of butterflies separated by a gilt-bordered band of lotus sprays and gilt xi characters on the shoulder.
15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner's grandparents in Asia in the 1950s.

Further details

A FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' 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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