I.71
Meriem Magnolia

Famille rose enamels on colourless glass; with a flat lip and flat foot; with a continuous carved design completed in enamels of a fenghuang perched on a perforated rock formation beneath a magnolia tree, with peonies on the other main side; the foot inscribed in regular script Guyue xuan 古月軒 (‘Ancient Moon Pavilion’)
Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, 1770-1799
Height: 6.3 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.7/1.4 cm
Stopper: tourmaline; gilt-metal collar

Provenance:
Hugh M. Moss Ltd
Meriem Collection
Christie’s, New York, 19 March 2008, lot 290
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 2008