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A FAMILLE-ROSE CUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the inverted bell-shaped body rising from a ribbed spreading
foot to an everted rim, finely enamelled around the exterior
with Shoulao offering a peach to a young boy held aloft by
Fu Xing, with Lu Xing looking on, all divided by a two-column
poem, all between iron-red bat bands at the rim and foot
10.5 cm, 4¼ in.
The poem may be translated as follows:
In the heavens, the Three Terraces, On Earth, a first quality
vessel.
A similar cup from the Bernat collection, was sold in our Hong
Kong rooms, 15th November 1988, lot 37.
It is unusual to find famille-rose wares with these borders of
red bats, which are more often found on ‘birthday’ plates,
sometimes with Kangxi reign marks, decorated in white slip
or gilding with shou characters or auspicious inscriptions and
dragons.
† £ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 81,500-122,000 US$ 10,400-15,500

清十八世紀 粉彩三星圖鈴鐺盃
《天上三台重人間一品尊》,《集句》

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