Lot 19 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LANCA' STEM CUP, 19TH-20TH CENTURY

Painted around the steep flaring sides with eight lança characters enclosed within undulating lotus stems issuing stylised blossoms and acanthus leaves, the underside with a frieze of tightly-bound lotus lappets, all raised on a tall spreading stem decorated with bands of half-flowerheads and floral sprays on a raised rib above pendent interlinked tassels issuing from ruyi-heads, the interior with a stylised peony medallion within a double-line border, the interior of the foot with a Chinese Yongzheng six character mark.
Height 10 cm.