KANGXI SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Details

A fine yellow-glazed small winecup
Kangxi six character mark and of the period
The delicately potted sides rising towards a slightly flared rim, the exterior incised with two dragons pursuing the flaming pearl, applied to the sides with a pair of elegant 'elephant tusk' handles, covered in a pale translucent canary-yellow glaze, one handle restuck, two small hairline rim cracks
5.9 cm. diam., wood stand

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Lot Essay

A similar example of this winecup is in the Percival David Foundation, Catalogue, section 6, no. A 593. For examples with a white-glazed interior see also the Percival David Foundation, op.cit., nos. 588 and 589 and in the Umezawa Memorial Gallery, Toji Taikei, no. 46, col. pl. 21.

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