A PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON' CUPS AND STANDS

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON' CUPS AND STANDS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each cup is intricately decorated to the exterior with two five-clawed dragons over delicately incised waves. Each stand is similarly decorated with dragons to the interior and the exterior, and with a shou character roundel to the centre of the interior. The mouth and foot rims of the cups and stands are highlighted in gilt.
The stands 4¾ in. (12 cm.) diam.

Provenance

By repute from the Charles Oswald Liddell collection, England, 1855-1941.

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Lot Essay

Compare to a cup and saucer dish of similar decoration and form in the collection of the Palace Museum Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 333, no. 14.
Also see a comparable pair of cups in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares: A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Aries Gemini Publishing Ltd, Taipei, 1991, p. 162.

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