Lot Essay
A similar stemcup in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, is illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, pl. 30.
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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE STEMCUP
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The flaring cup painted to the exterior with lanca characters divided by lotus scrolls, the spreading foot with flower-heads above jewelled tassels and ruyi-heads, the interior painted with a stylised lotus flower head (rim polished)
3 3/8 in. (8.3 cm.) high, box
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The flaring cup painted to the exterior with lanca characters divided by lotus scrolls, the spreading foot with flower-heads above jewelled tassels and ruyi-heads, the interior painted with a stylised lotus flower head (rim polished)
3 3/8 in. (8.3 cm.) high, box