Lot Essay
Cf. another pair of cups with this pattern also with a six-character Yongzheng mark in a double square illustrated in The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Catalogue, Part I, pl. 99
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A FINE PAIR OF UNDERGLAZED-BLUE AND IRON-RED 'LOTUS, BOWLS
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
With four stylised lotus-sprays to the interior in iron-red surrounded by underglaze-blue leafy scrolls, all beneath a double-line border at the rim, the interior plain--3 1/4in. (8.1cm.) diam. (2)
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
With four stylised lotus-sprays to the interior in iron-red surrounded by underglaze-blue leafy scrolls, all beneath a double-line border at the rim, the interior plain--3 1/4in. (8.1cm.) diam. (2)