Lot 46
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED CUP
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED CUP

UNDERGLAZE-BLUE CHENGHUA SIX-CHARACTER MARK, 18TH CENTURY

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED CUP
Underglaze-blue Chenghua six-character mark, 18th Century
Painted and enamelled around the exterior with an iron-red fruit floating down a river of spume-flecked swirling waves
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Alfred Clark, no. 572
John Sparks, London
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Lot Essay

The sighting of a red fruit floating down the river is thought to be an extremely auspicious sign and will bring the witness great fortune, as recorded in the Chengshi Moyuan, the Inkcake Garden of the Cheng Family, a pattern book for inkcakes edited by Cheng Junfang of the Ming Dynasty.

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