CHINE - Époque KANGXI (1662-1722)
Cup in the shape of a folded lotus leaf in porcelain enamelled in turquoise blue on the biscuit, the veins of the leaf incised.
Diameter : 25,5 cm
Posterior tripod base in gilt bronze resting on three dolphins (small accident to a dolphin tail).
Reference :
Similar cup reproduced in M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre, La porcelaine des Q. Raindre, La porcelaine des Qing, "famille verte" et "famille rose" 1644-1912, London, 1987, plate 209, p. 145.