A FINE BLUE AND WHITE TIBETAN-STYLE STEMCUP

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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE TIBETAN-STYLE STEMCUP
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The steep upright sides decorated with lança characters amongst a meander of lotus scroll, above a band of radiating lappets at the base and jewelled tassels at the stem, a stylised floral medallion on the interior, the mark inscribed in a line on the interior of the hollow foot
5¾ in. (14.7cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 1995, lot 83

A Qianlong stemcup of this pattern and of the same unusually large size in the Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim, is illustrated in the Ohlmer Collection catalogue, no. 59.

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