A FAMILLE VERTE 'SCHOLAR AND CRANE' CUP

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A FAMILLE VERTE 'SCHOLAR AND CRANE' CUP
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The cup is delicately enamelled to the exterior with a scholar leaning on a gnarled spreading pine tree, accompanied by a crane and and two boy attendants, one holding a double gourd and the other holding a peach, all amongst a flower basket and lingzhi fungus growing from rocks.
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) diam.

Provenance

From a Private English Collection

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Lot Essay

Compare the enamel colours and decoration of this cup to a Yongzheng mark and period bottle vase in the Sir Percival David Collection, British Museum, PDF 823, published and illustrated in Krahl, Regina; Harrison-Hall, Jessica, Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection, London, BMP, 2009, p. 81, no. 4.

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