A FINE PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE WINE CUPS

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A FINE PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE WINE CUPS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Each bowl is finely painted with a lotus scroll bearing six blossoms on the exterior, and a central seven-point star medallion on the interior surrounded by five detached lotus sprays on the cavetto, all between double-line borders around the mouth rim and foot ring
2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) diam., box (2)

Lot Essay

Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 April 1992, lot 106.

Cf. a single bowl of this size and design from the collection of Brian S. McElney, included in the exhibition, Porcelain of the High Qing, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria B.C., 1983, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 20.

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