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A PAIR OF ANHUA-DECORATED 清康熙 白釉暗蓮紋撇口盌一對
WHITE-GLAZED WINECUPS 《永樂年製》仿款
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
來源：
each delicately potted with thin conical sides Alfred E. Hippisley（1848-1939年）收藏
rising from a short foot to a slightly flared rim, Yale Kneeland 夫人收藏
the interior decorated with a thin white slip in the 紐約 Anderson Galleries，1925年1月30日，
anhua technique, depicting stylised lotus blooms 編號201（四盌之二）
borne on a meandering scroll, covered overall in a J.J. Lally & Co.，紐約
transparent glaze, the central interior incised with
a four-character Yongle seal mark within a circle 展覽：
9.3 cm, 3⅝ in. 史密森尼學會，華盛頓，1887-1912年，借展
《Chinese Ceramics in Black and White》
PROVENANCE ， J.J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art，紐約，2010
年，編號36
Collection of Alfred E. Hippisley (1848-1939).
Collection of Mrs Yale Kneeland.
Anderson Galleries, New York, 30th January
1925, lot 201 (two of four).
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.

EXHIBITED

Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1887-
1912, on loan.
Chinese Ceramics in Black and White, J.J. Lally &
Co. Oriental Art, New York, 2010, cat. no. 36.

HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,400-51,500

Notable for its milky white glaze and carefully
executed floral scroll, closely related cups of
this form with apocryphal Yongle mark include
one from the collection of Mr and Mrs Alfred
Clark, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society
Exhibition of Monochrome Porcelain, London,
1948, cat. no. 32; another from the collection
of Edward T. Chow, sold in these rooms, 25th
November 1980, lot 56; and a slightly smaller
bowl from the Oppenheim collection, now in the
British Museum, London, illustrated in Soame
Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951,
pl. XLIII, no. 1a, together with one lacking the
apocryphal mark, no. 1b. Compare also a cup
of similar form and size, but decorated with
the bajixiang, sold in our New York rooms, 25th
October 1973, lot 198.

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