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A WHITE-GLAZED CARVED Finely potted with fluently incised petals, the
‘MALLOW’ CUP AND SAUCER present lustrously glazed cup and saucer
MARKS AND PERIOD OF demonstrate the daintiness of Yongzheng
YONGZHENG porcelain. A similar white-glazed cup was sold
together with a saucer in our rooms, 23rd
delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising October 2005, lot 515. Mallow-shaped wares
from a short foot to an everted lobed rim, the appeared as early as in the Song dynasty, when
exterior moulded and finely incised to model six the sublime of plain lacquered foliate dishes was
swaying mallow petals radiating from a petal highly admired. The love of this simple yet elegant
border above the foot, the base inscribed in form was also found in later dynasties.
underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark in
three columns within a double circle, the saucer
with shallow rounded sides rising to a lobed rim,
the interior decorated with a central floral bloom
encircled by six mallow petals, the base with a
similar six-character reign mark
cup 6.8 cm, 2⅝ in.
saucer 10.7 cm, 4⅛ in.

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

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