Lot 235. A fine famille-rose 'Butterfly' cup, Daoguang seal mark and period (1821-1850), 7 cm, 2 3/4  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. 

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a flaring rim, finely enamelled around the exterior to one side with fruiting pomegranate branches and to the other with three butterflies detailed with gilt, the base with seal mark in iron red

Provenance: The Yangzhitang collection. 
Christie's Singapore, 13th March 1997, lot 248 (one of a pair).

Exhibited: Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 55.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 10 mai 2017, 02:00 PM