YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF MING-STYLE DOUCAI 'LINGZHI' CUPS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Each thinly potted with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim and standing on a short foot, painted in underglaze blue and enamelled on the exterior with four pairs of ruyi heads divided by demi-florets issuing leafy tendrils, within blue-line borders around the rim and base, the interior white
2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm.) diam., box (2)

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Each of the doucai cups bears a lingzhi fungus and flower design that originated on doucai porcelains of the Chenghua reign (1465-1487) and continued to find favour with imperial patrons of doucai porcelains in succeeding reigns of both the Ming and Qing dynasties. Lingzhi fungus is associated with immortality and Daoism. Its stylised form is ruyi head which is shown on these cups. For examples of the Chenghua version see Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 199, no. 181; Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Cheng-hua Porcelain Ware, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2003, pp. 154-155, nos. 145-149.

A similar Yongzheng-marked cup is in the collection of the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by S. Pierson, Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics, London, 2001, p. 75, no. 75. Another example is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, p. 257, no. 235.