YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
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A SMALL COPPER-RED-GLAZED WINE CUP
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Finely potted with deep rounded sides, the exterior covered with a glaze of soft crushed strawberry-red color that thins to a pale pink tone on one side, the interior and base covered with a clear glaze
2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm.) diam.
Exhibited
London, S. Marchant & Son, Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Two-Coloured Wares, 7 - 26 June 1992, no. 10.
Lot Essay
Compare a similar cup in the Baur collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1972, no. A285.