A RARE IMPERIAL SMALL FAMILLE VERTE CORAL-GROUND CUP

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A RARE IMPERIAL SMALL FAMILLE VERTE CORAL-GROUND CUP
YONGZHENG YUZHI MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

Thinly potted with deep rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior decorated with an abundance of exotic flowers and berries, including two large peonies around the base, all in pale shades of yellow, blue and mauve detailed in black and iron red, the leaves in shades of bright and pale green, all reserved against a deep, rich coral ground (small restored rim chip)
2 9/16in. (6.4cm.) diam.

Provenance

Stephen Junkunc, III

Lot Essay

It is rare to find this design on a cup of this small size. A comparable cup of slightly smaller size (5.3cm. diam.), also with a Yongzheng yuzhi mark, in the collection of Gerald Reitlinger, is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. XLV (1). A small Yongzheng cup of this pattern, but of shallow, rounded form, was included in the exhibition, Qing Dynasty Painted Enamels, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1979, pl. 40. For a bowl of this design and shape with a Yongzheng mark in underglaze blue, but of larger size, see Hugh Moss, By Imperial Command, Hong Kong, 1976, col. pl. 25