YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE PAIR OF SMALL BLUE AND WHITE WINE CUPS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Each cup thinly potted with flaring sides, painted on the exterior in soft blue tones in Chenghua-style with six flower-heads issuing from a continuous leafy stem, the interior with an enclosed radiating spear-head medallion below five sylized lotus flowers
2¾ in. (7.1 cm.) diam., box (2)

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Lot Essay

An identical bowl in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, included in the exhibition, Capolavori Dalla Città: Qianlong e La Sua Corte, Museo del Corso, Rome, 20 November 2007 - 20 March 2008, p. 121, no. 56. See, also, a similar pair of cups in doucai decoration illustrated in Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration: Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, Rosemary E. Scott, London, 1992, p. 129, no. 143.

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