UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)

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A PAIR OF LEMON-YELLOW-ENAMELLED WINE CUPS
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)
With deep rounded sides rising from short straight feet to flaring rims, covered on the exterior with an even bright lemon-yellow enamel stopping neatly around the foot, the interiors and bases glazed white, rim cracks, one with rim chip
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 432 and 433

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Lot Essay

A similar pair of cups, also from the E. T. Hall Collection, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 2000, lot 540. Compare also a pair of slightly larger lemon-yellow cups, illustrated by J. Wirgin in Chinese Ceramics from the Axel and Nora Lundgren Bequest, Stockholm, 1978, pl. 58 and 77.

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