A pair of famille verte enamelled biscuit water droppers in the form of lotus buds and flower.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

This pair is particularly notable for the highly naturalistic rendering of the flower, with finely modelled plant veins and delicately striated petals.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

For an identical water dropper, see:

– Biscuit Refined Chinese Famille Verte Wares, Jorge Welsh, 2012, p. 114, fig. 24.

Several similar examples are illustrated on pp. 112–119.

PROVENANCE :

– French Private Collection

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