Lot Essay
See footnote of lot 40 for the first cup and saucer.
KANGXI, THE FIRST WITH FOUR CHARACTER MARK MEI YU YA ZHI (MADE OF BEAUTIFUL AND REFINED JADE)
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Two blue and white cups and saucers
Kangxi, the first with four character mark mei yu ya zhi (made of beautiful and refined jade)
A small eggshell cup and saucer painted in the 'Master of the Rocks' style with a man riding on horseback along a riverbank, surrounded on the sides by six galloping horsemen below a narrow band of pine-needles and dew drops (base star crack); and a lotus-shaped cup and saucer, decorated centrally with flowering chrysanthemum, below moulded petal-panels enclosing flowering branches (4)
Kangxi, the first with four character mark mei yu ya zhi (made of beautiful and refined jade)
A small eggshell cup and saucer painted in the 'Master of the Rocks' style with a man riding on horseback along a riverbank, surrounded on the sides by six galloping horsemen below a narrow band of pine-needles and dew drops (base star crack); and a lotus-shaped cup and saucer, decorated centrally with flowering chrysanthemum, below moulded petal-panels enclosing flowering branches (4)