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QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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A WUCAI ‘CHICKEN’ CUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The cup is painted around the exterior depicting a cockerel on one side and a hen watching over her small chicks on the other side, divided by two clusters of flowers emerging from rocks. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in a double square.
3 in. (7.8 cm.) diam., box
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The cup is painted around the exterior depicting a cockerel on one side and a hen watching over her small chicks on the other side, divided by two clusters of flowers emerging from rocks. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in a double square.
3 in. (7.8 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 11 May 2011, lot 227
Brought to you by
Sibley Ngai