A 'famille-rose' 'Butterfly' vase mark of Guangxu the globular…
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A 'famille-rose' 'Butterfly' vase mark of Guangxu the globular body surmounted by a trumpet neck and everted rim, painted in iron-red and 'famille-rose' enamels with numerous butterflies in flight, divided by a frieze of detached lotus sprays and shou characters around the shoulders, and a ruyi band below the rim, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character mark 38.8 cm

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  • Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.
  • Everted - An everted rim is an outwardly turning or flaring outwards rim, as seen the rims on jugs, vases, bowls and dishes.

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