A VERY RARE SMALL FAMILLE VERTE CORAL GROUND CUP

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A VERY RARE SMALL FAMILLE VERTE CORAL GROUND CUP
YONGZHENG YUZHI MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

Of small size, finely enamelled to the exterior with exotic flowers including peonies and day lilies in yellow, green, aubergine, blue and iron-red, all reserved on a rich coral-red ground, the interior glazed white (tiny glaze chip)
2 3/4in. (7cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

It it rare to find this design on a cup of this small size. A comparable cup was included in the exhibition, Qing Dynasty Painted Enamels, National Palace Museum, Taibei, 1979, pl. 40. Cf. another small cup of this pattern, but with deep rounded sides and a slightly everted rim, also with a Yongzheng yuzhi mark, in the collection of Gerald Reitlinger, is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. XLV (1).

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