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PROPERTY FROM A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
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AN UNUSUAL LINGZHI-FORM WATER COUPE A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED LOTUS LIBATION CUPS
Late Qing/Republic period Guangxu marks, Late Qing/Republic period
Elaborately modeled as a series of lingzhi fungus forming a faux Each molded as an open lotus blossom ad pierced at the back of the
libation cup, the interior of the vessel housing a single sinewy dragon well to conduct the liquid to the stem, elegantly enameled in shades
clambering along the edge of the edge, a bat resting on the gilt surface of pink shading to white with a stippled green stem bearing the date
of a branch, the details picked out in coral red on a gilt surface spotted Da Qing Guangxu Sanshisi Anhui Taihu fujin jiuzao jinian bei (‘memorial
with delicate nodules of white enamel. libation cup for the autumn actions near lake Tai in Anhui, thirty-fourth
6 3/4in (6.5cm) high; 10in (25.4cm) long year of Guangxu’).
$1,500 - 2,500 8in (20.2cm) across
$5,000 - 7,000
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