QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Details

A pair of black-ground green-enamelled cups
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
The steep rounded sides with slightly flaring rim and cylindrical foot painted to the exterior in 'silhouette-reserve' on a black ground and glazed thin translucent emerald green with scrollwork of flower-heads and foliage, the interior glazed white below the gilt-edged rim, hairline crack
7.3 cm. diam. (2)

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Lot Essay

For a Qianlong-marked vase with a similar palette and design, see an example sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 1 May 1995, lot 660, as well as a vase illustrated by Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, fig. 220. Wares in this palette appear to have been produced only during the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns, and are all decorated with designs that are exceptionally well rendered.

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