Lot Essay
It is very unusual to find such a small stem cup enamelled in yellow. Other Yongzheng-marked examples of similar form and size, but covered in puce enamel with straight mouth rims, can be found in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and are illustrated in Qingdai yuyao ciqi, juan 1, vol. II, Beijing, 2005, p. 416, pl. 195. Another example of underglaze blue decorated with ‘Eight Treasures’ and with the same modelling is from the collection of the Nanjing Museum, and is published in Zhongguo Qingdai guanyao ciqi, Shanghai, 2003, p. 172. Compare one further blue and white example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3401.