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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A FINE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE COPPER- ᒞೣ࿎ 㕳⼳☾˖㮾♄㭚㉛↛ 㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
RED DECORATED ‘THREE FISH’ STEM CUP ⎷ᖊऑ卿ᆄ೅卿㵶㑷ԋ⚁ം׻ǯ㘻㵲ᙼ㘲ᚺ㞏卿ം೅ս㠩⡚
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A 㱈Ӳཫ㞏ㅏ⡚㷚卿ݦႚӬठ卿ኑ὞༵ዪǯݤ೅Ὅ⡠卿⎷ᇵ㬪
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435) Ɽᝧ㫐஄Ǹഌᚺ໿ᇪჺㅳǹᥓᝧ᪪ǯ㠩⡚⎉ⰰ㸓ՙᚺ㿃卿⊺
The cup is delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising to a ዪ᰻ᷘजዴǯ
slightly flared rim, and is supported on a hollow splayed foot. The
exterior is exquisitely decorated in copper red with three fish in ϝᬝ
silhouette, two of which are depicted facing each other, and the
ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
other shown swimming in opposite direction. The stem cup is
ٳᘹצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
covered overall with a smooth, clear glaze with the exception of
ըὙԠ卻 卼Ⅷ⻦
the foot ring, revealing the fine, white body. The interior of the
cup is inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
circle. 㑤ᇖル卻 卼།ᚉⅧ⻦
4¬ in. (11.7 cm.) diam., box 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
HK$25,000,000-30,000,000
㞒㇝☆՞Ⅷ⻦
US$3,125,000-3,750,000
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PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby's London, 9 November 1954, lot 71 ٨ཿԽ㩛⇨厁⻉ݐࡘࢷ⁒㱦卿ৌדࢷ⁒㱦卿㿡⏥卿
Sold at Christie's London, 8 December 1975, lot 130 ჺ
Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980) ٨ཿԽ⡢‰㙪㩛⁞㞖ᙱࢷ⁒㱦卿༗⼖㞑႔卿 ჺ
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 November 1980, lot 45
Family Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999) ⮐㙽
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18 November 1986, lot 30
Ƕ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘՀࢦ㙉ჺ厍 Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿㮰
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1661
卿எ ⽚
EXHIBITED
The Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard Art Museums,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007-2013, on loan
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2013-
15, on loan
LITERATURE
Sotheby's Hong Kong Twenty Years: 1973-1993, Hong Kong, 1993,
p. 118, no. 115

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