A pair of turquoise ground famille-rose 'shou' cups

Tongzhi marks and period

清同治 粉彩松石綠地福壽紋盃一對

《同治年製》款

each brightly enameled around the exterior with four gilt shou characters and bats divided by leafy lotus strapwork, all reserved on a rich turquoise ground and between a ruyi band at the rim and a lotus-lappet band above the foot, the interior and base glazed white, each base inscribed with a four-character mark in iron red (2)

Diameter 3 ? in., 8.2 cm