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Lot Essay
A bowl of this decoration and with a Chenghua mark in a double square was included in the exhibition Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, Hong Kong Oriental Ceramic Society, Hong Kong 1977, cat.no.57
See two doucai winecups decorated with butterflies, plants and rocks from the Chenghua period, illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1999, p.198, pl.180; and in A Legacy of Chenghua - imperial porcelain of the Chenghua reign excavated from Zhushan, Jingdezhen, The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong 1993, pp.272-273, pl.C92. This later being very close to the present lot.
From the Palace Museum, see also the set of twelve cups with flower designs refering to the months of the year, p.152, pl.140
Compare also the present cup with very similar pairs, with almost identical pattern, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 2005, lot 601 and 17 May 1988, lot 211
See two doucai winecups decorated with butterflies, plants and rocks from the Chenghua period, illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1999, p.198, pl.180; and in A Legacy of Chenghua - imperial porcelain of the Chenghua reign excavated from Zhushan, Jingdezhen, The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong 1993, pp.272-273, pl.C92. This later being very close to the present lot.
From the Palace Museum, see also the set of twelve cups with flower designs refering to the months of the year, p.152, pl.140
Compare also the present cup with very similar pairs, with almost identical pattern, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 2005, lot 601 and 17 May 1988, lot 211