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A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE ‘BUTTERFLY’ CUPS
DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD
each with an inverted bell-shaped body rising from a
short foot to a flared rim, brightly enamelled with fruiting
pomegranate branches and three fluttering butterflies,
the base with a six-character seal mark in iron-red
(2)
Diameter 7.5 and 7.5 cm, 3 and 3 in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30th April 1991, lot 99.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27th April 1999, lot 471.
‡ £ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 59,000-78,500 US$ 7,500-10,000

清道光 粉彩彩蝶紋仰鐘盃一對
《大清道光年製》款
來源
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香港蘇富比1991年4月30日，編號99
香港蘇富比1999年4月27日，編號471

Marks

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE ‘PHOENIX’ BOWLS
GUANGXU MARKS AND PERIOD
each with rounded sides tapering from a gently flared rim
to a short foot, painted to the exterior in blue, green, pink
and yellow enamels with four phoenix in flight amongst
stylised lotus blossoms, all set between a band of gilt
around the mouth and foot, the base with a six-character
reign mark in underglaze blue
(2)
Diameter 21 and 20.9 cm, 8¼ and 8¼ in.

‡ £ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,300-48,900 US$ 3,750-6,300
清光緒 粉彩穿花夔鳳紋盌一對
《大清光緒年製》款

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Marks
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