Lot 73

A pair of early 20th century Chinese famille rose lotus cups









Auction: 7 December 2007 at 10:00 GMT
£2,160
Description
finely and naturalistically modelled with pink petals tinged with white, the yellow-dotted stamen pierced with a small circular aperture connecting it to the hollow seeded lime-green stem forming the handle, inscription to stem indicating they were made in 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (2)
Dimensions
20cm wide
Footnote
A pair of similar cups from the Weishaupt Collection is illustrated by G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasures, London, 1987, p. 100, no. 142; another was exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, 1980, Catalogue no. 51.








