Lot Essay
Although this design painted on cups is quite rare in blue and white, several examples in doucai enamels have been published. Cf. one from the K.S. Lo collection in the Hong Kong Musem of Art, included in the exhibition, The Wonder's of the Potter's Palette, 1984, Catalogue, no. 46; a pair from the Bernat Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Kodansha Series, vol. 11, no. 255; and the last in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain, pl. 95