Live Auction 3017European Noble and Private Collections
A set of three Chinese famille rose cups, saucers and covers
Lot 531

A set of three Chinese famille rose cups, saucers and covers

XIANFENG SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1851-1861)

Closed13 December 2012

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EUR 3,000

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A set of three Chinese famille rose cups, saucers and covers
Xianfeng sealmark and of the period (1851-1861)
The saucers delicately painted with the Tang poet Li Taipo leaning against a cushion, surrounded by inscriptions and personages from his poems, the cups and covers with similar inscriptions and personages (9)

Specialist note

Similar cups, covers and a saucer are in the Topkapi Saray Museum collection: R. Krahl, Chinese ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul. A complete catalogue, London, 1986, vol III, p. 1368, no. 3625.