A RARE PAIR OF COPPER-RED 'DRAGON' WINE CUPS

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A RARE PAIR OF COPPER-RED 'DRAGON' WINE CUPS
CHUNHUITANG ZHI FOUR-CHARACTER HALL MARKS, 18TH CENTURY

Painted with nine five-clawed dragons flying among clouds above swirling waves around the foot, the copper-red with characteristic green spots (one rim crack)--2 3/8in. (6cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

For related hall marks, Chunhuitang (the character hui varies slightly from the one on the present lot) and Chunhuicaotang, forming the group to which the present cups probably belong, see Ming Qing ciqi jianding, Qingdai bufen, p. 199

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