A PAIR OF FINE CHINESE IRON-RED 'DRAGON' WINE CUPS

£1,500 - £2,500 £8,890

A PAIR OF FINE CHINESE IRON-RED 'DRAGON' WINE CUPS
SIX-CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908

Each with a deep body rising from a tapered foot to a gently flared rim, both finely painted with two menacing five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, surrounded by stylised clouds, one beast looking back in fury at his pursuer, all above crashing waves, 5.8cm. (2)

From an English private collection, London.

Cf. S Marchant and Sons, Exhibition of Nineteenth Century Mark and Period Porcelain, 1991, p.63, no.68 for a pair of Guangxu mark and period cups with a similar design.

清光緒礬紅趕珠龍紋小杯一對
《大清光緒年製》
來源：英國倫敦私人收藏。