CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN LOTUS LIBATION CUP,Guangxu mark and period, dated 1908. Modelled with overlapping puce and pink enamelled petals, the stamen pieced with a small circular aperture connecting the hollow green enamelled stem forming the handle. The inscription on the reverse of the stem may be translated as "A commemorative cup of the Autumn Manoeuvres near Lake Tai in Anhui Province in the 34th year of Guangxu of the Great Qing Dynasty". With fitted box. - 7 1/2 in. long. Estimate $1,000-1,500
PROVENANCE: Property of a gentleman, VA. Acquired in Omaha, Nebraska in the 1960s with a letter of provenance dated 1925.
It is in good condition except for the handle which was glued back in a very near way.
