Lot Essay
A nearly identical pair of cups from the Simon Kwan Collection was included in The Chinese University of Hong Kong Exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, 1983, Catalogue, no. 94
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A PAIR OF INSCRIBED BLUE AND WHITE CUPS
TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each painted to the exterior with four hexafoil panels comprising six ruyi-heads enclosing the characters wu shi zong tzu, the centre of the interior with a single shou character--3 5/8in. (9cm.) diam.
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TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each painted to the exterior with four hexafoil panels comprising six ruyi-heads enclosing the characters wu shi zong tzu, the centre of the interior with a single shou character--3 5/8in. (9cm.) diam.
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