YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The current stem cup was made in careful imitation of the much admired Chenghua prototypes such as the example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), Hong Kong, p. 43, no. 40 (fig. 1); as well as the two examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see. Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Cheng-hua Porcelain Ware, Taipei, 2003, p.98, pls.78-9. For other Yongzheng-marked stem cups of this design, see an example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in A Special Exhibition of Porcelains with Auspicious Designs, Taipei, 1995, p. 83, no. 9; three examples in the Oriental Museum, Durham, object number: DUROM.1969. 226.a-c; one illustrated in Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration: Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, London, 1992, no. 131; one from the collections of Sir Percial David and E.T. Chow, later sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong ,25 November 1980, lot 114; and one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 April 1997, lot 670.