A REGENCE SILVER-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN CUP AND COVER, with domed circular lid and boss, chased with scrolling arabesques and decorated with birds resting upon a sprig and chinese characters, the circular tapering body with a gadrooned and trailing foliate-cast frieze above further birds resting upon a sprig and with character marks, with remains of label to the underside ...MACKENNA/...(COL)LECTION./...C./...OW, the porcelain KANGXI, the mounts indistinctly marked and probably contemporary | Christie's

Lot 8

A REGENCE SILVER-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN CUP AND COVER, with domed circular lid and boss, chased with scrolling arabesques and decorated with birds resting upon a sprig and chinese characters, the circular tapering body with a gadrooned and trailing foliate-cast frieze above further birds resting upon a sprig and with character marks, with remains of label to the underside ...MACKENNA/...(COL)LECTION./...C./...OW, the porcelain KANGXI, the mounts indistinctly marked and probably contemporary

Details

A REGENCE SILVER-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN CUP AND COVER, with domed circular lid and boss, chased with scrolling arabesques and decorated with birds resting upon a sprig and chinese characters, the circular tapering body with a gadrooned and trailing foliate-cast frieze above further birds resting upon a sprig and with character marks, with remains of label to the underside ...MACKENNA/...(COL)LECTION./...C./...OW, the porcelain KANGXI, the mounts indistinctly marked and probably contemporary
4¾in. (12cm.) high

Provenance

S. Mackenna

Lot Essay

The script translates as:-
Rosy clouds stretch out: heavenly gold brocade
The pearly sun intensifies to a bright red
High branches standing out alone
A flourishing garden as far as the clouds' end
Xi Yi

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