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(left): foot-ring and reignmark on base of 1972.43.47

(right): foot-ring and reignmark on base of 1972.43.48

1972.43.47-48 (€-602-603)

Pair of Cups

Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735) N THE EXTERIOR OF EACH CUP, the decoration
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels, Ocomprises overglaze famille rose enamel flowers
n
1972.43.47: 4.2 X 8.3 (l /i6 X 3V4) against a coral red ground. The overglaze enamel colors
5
1972.43.48: 4.1 X 8.3 (l /8 X 3V4) include blue, yellow, red, black, and two shades of green.
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele More than ten varieties of flowers are depicted.
Research by the Chinese scholar Geng Baochang sug-
INSCRIPTIONS gests that this type of bowl, which often bears a mark of
Inscribed in standard script on the base in underglaze blue in the Kangxi (1662-1722) or Yongzheng (1723-1735) reign,
two columns of three characters each: Da Qing Yongzheng nian should be dated to the late-Qing reign of Xuantong
zhi [made in the Yongzheng reign of the great Qing dynasty] (1909-1911). Although further research on the entire
group is necessary to resolve this problem of dating, it is
TECHNICAL NOTES worth noting that Geng's suggestion is supported by sur-
Both cups are thinly potted and have a colorless glaze on the viving palace records and dated specimens. 1
interior and the base. The foot-rings are rounded, and the SL
bases recessed.

NOTES
PROVENANCE
(C. T. Loo, New York); sold January 1941 to Harry G. Steele i. See Geng 1993, 327.
[1881-1941], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele.

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