TWO CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE 'CHILDREN' HAT STANDS

Republic Period, Guangxu mark and Lin zhi cheng xiang mark

民國時期 粉彩百子圖紋帽筒兩件

《大清光緒年製》及《麟趾呈祥》款

Comprising one cylindrical hat stand painted around the exterior with a procession of children holding auspicious objects and framed by borders enclosing pink-enamel archaistic dragon motifs on a bright yellow ground, the base with a six-character Guangxu mark, together with another hat stand with a similar scene delicately-painted to depict a group of children and three rams, forming the sanyang motif, in a leafy continuous landscape with foliate borders, the base with a four-character Lin zhi cheng xiang mark that reads as 'The qilin's footprints reveal great luck'

18cm high

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NOTE:

The phrase 'Linzhi chengxiang', which translates as 'The qilin's footprints reveal great luck', implies a wish for many sons.

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