An unusual pair of blue and white 'lotus' stem bowls
Guanlian fang zhi marks, 19th centuryEach cup painted with a design of leafy scrolling lotus, above the high foot with the four-character mark in a central, raised band under a cloud collar and above a row of downward-facing leaves.Each 16cm (6 1/4in) high
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The mark, guanlian fang zhi, may be translated as, 'made for viewing the lotus'. Stem bowls and dishes were often produced for use in altars and temples.See a pair of blue and white stem dishes with the same mark sold at Christie's New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 26 March 2010, lot 1386.