A FINE PAIR OF SMALL BLUE AND WHITE WINE CUPS

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A FINE PAIR OF SMALL BLUE AND WHITE WINE CUPS
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

Finely potted with thin flaring sides, painted in soft blue tones in Chenghua-style with six flower-heads issuing from a continuous leafy stem to the exteriors, the interiors with an enclosed radiating spear-head medallion below five stylized lotus flowers--2 3/4in. (7.1cm.) diam., box (2)

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A similar blue and white wine cup was included in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Exhibition, Porcelain of the High Qing, The Brian S. McElney Collection, 1983, Catalogue, pl. 20. Cf. A similar pair in the doucai palette included in the joint exhibition from the collections of the Percival David Foundation and C.P.Lin, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, Catalogue, no. 143

A pair of Yongzheng-marked cups of this design sold in these Room, 8 October 1990, lot 487

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