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A PAIR OF LARGE STEMMED FAMILLE ROSE ‘LOVING’ CUPS Published:
AND COVERS Cohen & Cohen, Ladies First, Margate, 2007, p. 69, no. 43
Qianlong/Jiaqing, circa 1790-1800
The lightly molded tall-stemmed cups painted to either side of the 出版：
deep bowls with a composite mythical bird with phoenix-like hook- 倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Ladies First》，馬蓋特，2007年，頁
beaked head, multi-scaled feathers, and peacock-like tail feathers 69，圖版編號43
standing atop rockwork above a mound with peony and bushes
against a plain backdrop, lightly molded leaf lappets below and Loving cups are used in marriage ceremonies, the handles being held
a simple puce cell band with flower panels below the rim, the gilt simultaneously by a couple as they drink together from the cup. The
entwined strap handles with molded floral attachments, the stems with type is rare in Chinese export production, though examples are known,
further decoration above a spreading foot mirrored in the decoration to notably with the arms of Le Mesurier.
the domed covers with s-shaped branch finials.
13in (33cm) high (2). The mythical composite bird, part phoenix, part peacock, can also
be compared to a ribbon-tailed bird, shoudainiao (綬帶鳥), a species
$6,000 - 8,000 which was popular in Chinese imagery and said to derive derived from
the Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisii).
乾嘉時期 約1790-1800年 粉彩描金《相愛》雙耳高足蓋杯一對

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