A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE 'LOTUS' WATER DROPPER, 20TH CENTURY

SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE 'LOTUS' WATER DROPPER,

20TH CENTURY

modeled as a teardrop-shaped shallow dish with rounded sides rising to a scalloped edge and painted all-over with variegated pink lotus petals, the petals parting at the pointed tip of the dropper to allow for pouring, a green stem-form handle rising at the opposite end and inscribed along the reverse with an apocryphal dated Guangxu mark

length 7 in.; 17.8 cm