Lot Essay
A pair of similar cups is in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 15, Japan, 1983, p. 203, no. 292; another pair is illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 240, no. 908; and one from a pair in the Baur Collection is illustrated by John Ayers in the Catalogue, vol. III, Geneva, 1972, nos. A 489-92
Compare, also, a single similar cup sold in our Hong Kong rooms September 26, 1989, lot 699
Compare, also, a single similar cup sold in our Hong Kong rooms September 26, 1989, lot 699