Lot 235
  • 235

A FINE FAMILLE-ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' CUP DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • porcelain
the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a flaring rim, finely enamelled around the exterior to one side with fruiting pomegranate branches and to the other with three butterflies detailed with gilt, the base with seal mark in iron red

Provenance

The Yangzhitang collection.
Christie's Singapore, 13th March 1997, lot 248 (one of a pair).

Exhibited

Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 55.

Condition

The cup is in very good condition with the exception of a tiny burst glaze bubble just below the rim on the exterior.
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