A SMALL BEIJING ENAMEL 'SCHOLARS' CUP

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A SMALL BEIJING ENAMEL 'SCHOLARS' CUP
QIANLONG BLUE ENAMEL FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The cup painted with two shaped panels enclosing landscape scenes of scholars gathered by a lake, the enamels finely stippled to produce the shading of colours, all against a yellow ground with ruby-pink foliage, applied with a pair of gilt-metal archaistic dragon loop handles, all above a blue-enamel foliate scroll encircling the foot, the interior with turquoise enamel
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) across the handles

Provenance

Madame Nelly Loup-Borel by descent to the present owner

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The present cup was inherited by Madame Nelly Loup-Borel from her father Eugene Borel, who reputedly witnessed the burning of the Yuanmingyuan in 1860. The cup was valued at 600 Swiss francs in an inventory of Madame Loup-Borel's collection of porcelains, cloisonnes and curios in Geneva dated 23 August, 1927.

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