A fine blue and white stemcup
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A fine blue and white stemcup

QIANLONG SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A fine blue and white stemcup
QIANLONG SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
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-head, small rim restorations
8.4 cm. high
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Lot Essay

A similar stemcup in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, pl. 30.

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