A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'SUCCESSFUL SONS' CUPS AND COVERS

Lingzhi chengxiang marks, Republic

Lingzhi chengxiang marks, Republic
Each brightly enamelled with a 'hundred children' design, depicting a multitude of children celebrating the New Year with festival lanterns and firecrackers, all between the gilded rim and the blue leiwen band to the foot, the cover delicately enamelled with flowers and fruits below a peach finial. Each 8.3cm (3 1/4in) high (4).

By repute owned by an ex-trader at Jardine Matheson in Shanghai.
Compare to a similar pair of jars sold at Sotheby's New York, September 2013, lot 367.