A PAIR OF SMALL COPPER-RED 'THREE FISH' CUPS

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A PAIR OF SMALL COPPER-RED 'THREE FISH' CUPS
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

Each with rounded sides painted to the exterior in rich copper-red tones with three evenly-spaced fish, the interior plain (one with short hairline to rim)--3 3 /8in. (8.7cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

Bowls with this decoration more often bear Yongzheng marks such as the one from the Hong Kong Museum of Art, included in their exhbition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Catalogue, no. 42; and another illustrated by Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, pl. 11

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