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A QING DYNASTY CENTURY CANTON ENAMEL MINIATURE WINE CUP
WITH DRAGON
Enamel on bronze, multicolored enamels
China, Qing Dynasty

This colorful, hand painted miniature cup shows a dragon stretching along
the entire exterior. The mythical beast is flying amidst a dark blue sky with
clouds and flames. The inside and base are enameled in white.

Shape: Circular bowl form
Dimensions: 3 cm (height), 5,1 cm (diameter)
Condition: Small chips to foot rim and few hairlines (mainly visible on the
inside)
Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection acquired before 1930,
with old collector code inscription to underside

㶭ẋ⺋㜙䏢䎭⼑堾䍵漵䲳㜗
嵛悐怲䶋㚱⮷仢⎋⍲䳘⮷檖䴚䵓䷓炷ᷣ天⛐ℭ悐炸
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⸽悐⎗夳㓞啷㧁䯥冯㍷徘

Estimate EUR 200,-
Starting price EUR 100,-

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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘WEIQI PLAYERS’ CANTON ENAMEL TRAY, QING collection of J.A. Lloyd Hyde, included in the exhibition Chinese Painted
2 DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Enamels, The China Institute in America, New York, 1969, cat. no. 13,
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AN 18 CENTURY CANTON ENAMEL MINIATURE WINE CUP WITH Multicolored enamels on white ground, the body made of copper, with and sold at Christie’s London, 8th July 1974, lot 208; and another sold at
SCHOLARS bare lip and raised feet Christie’s London, 17th November 1980, lot 19.
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Enamel on bronze, multicolored enamels China, 18 century, most likely Qianlong period (1736-1795)
China, 18 century ⋩ℓᶾ䲨⺋㜙戭偶䏢䎭Ⱦ⮵㡳ȿ㈀䚌
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Delicately painted to depict a group of noble ladies playing Weiqi, 䘥⛘⣂⼑䏢䎭慱炻戭偶炻⒯㱧曚偶炻嵛ᶲ㎂
This finely hand painted miniature cup shows a picturesque scene with two boys watching the game which is about to begin, one female ᷕ⚳炻⋩ℓᶾ䲨炻㤝⎗傥䁢Ḧ昮㗪㛇 (1736-1795)
stretching along the entire exterior. Set in a landscape with Daihu rocks, attendant serving tea, the scene set on a lakeshore under a large tree,
a pine tree and a small bridge we see a scholar with his pupil studying a surrounded by various bands with peonies, peaches, Buddha hand finger ㍷丒Ḯᶨ佌屜⨎⛐⚺ᷕ䍑⚵㡳炻ℑᾳ䓟⬑⛐㕩怲奨䚳炻ᶨỵἵ⤛㬋䪗叿ᶨ䚌
scroll and to the other side another youthful scholar drinking wine he just citrons, stylized Chilong and several neatly executed geometric patterns, ⎫梇崘役炻⚃␐㧡㛐歖剙䑘丆ˤ䚌㱧ᶲ䵈刚⚻䲳炻攳⃱䘥⛘歖剙㯜㝄䲳ˤ
poured himself from a large vessel. the reverse showing an array of flowers and fruit.
Among the Confucian ideals were the abilities to write calligraphy and to ₺⭞䎮゛䓇⊾㗗㚠㱽⮵㡳炻㬋⤪㈀䚌ᶲ㇨⯽䣢䘬ˤ⚵㡳炷ㆾ⚵㡳炸㗗ᶨ㫦憅
Shape: Circular bowl form play weiqi, the subject-matter seen on the present tray. Weiqi (or Go) is ⮵ℑ⎵⮵ㇳ䘬㉥尉㇘䔍㡳䚌忲㇚炻℞䚖㧁㗗⌈柀㭼⮵ㇳ㚜⣂䘬柀⛇ˤ忁ᾳ忲
Dimensions: 3 cm (height), 5,2 cm (diameter) an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to ㇚㗗2500⣂⸜⇵ᷕ⚳⎌ẋ䘤㖶䘬炻塓娵䁢㗗Ṳ⣑⁛㈧㚨ᷭ䘬㡳䚌忲㇚ˤ⬫
Condition: Small restorations and several hairlines (mainly visible on the surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in 塓娵䁢㗗⎌ẋ䘬⚃䧖➢㛔㈨傥ᷳᶨ炻⚈㬌斄㕤⬫䘬丒䔓ḇ⎗ẍ⛐⊭㊔㖑㛇
inside) ancient China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest ⽉墥䏢䐗墥⑩ᶲ㈦⇘炻⃀䭉⎒㚱㤝⮹㔠忁栆ἳ⫸ˤ
Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection acquired before board game continuously played today. It was considered one of the four ⼊䉨烉㕡䚌
1930, with old collection label and inscription to underside essential arts in antiquity and hence its depiction is also found on early ⯢⮠烉29,5 x 29,5 x 3 cm
enamel wares, including imperial commissions, although only very few of ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ᶨṃ䢐㎵炻䡽䡘␴⯨悐ᾖ⽑ˤ
⋩ℓᶾ䲨⺋㜙䏢䎭⼑堾䍵Ⱦ㔯ṢȾ惺㜗 such examples have yet been recorded. ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
嵛悐怲䶋㚱⮷仢⎋⍲䳘⮷檖䴚䵓䷓炷ᷣ天⛐ℭ悐炸 㔯䌣⍫侫烉˪慵天ᷕ⚳喅埻˫炻喯⭴㭼炻ΐ㔎炻2016⸜11㚰9㖍炻185嘇㉵⑩
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⸽悐⎗夳㓞啷㧁䯥冯㍷徘 Shape: Lobed square shape 炷ᶨẞ⎴㛇⣏✳䰱⼑⺋㜙䏢䎭䚌)烊⎎ᶨẞ⮷✳攟㕡剙⋱䲳䚌炻Ḷ1999⸜6
Dimensions: 29,5 x 29,5 x 3 cm 㚰15㖍⛐Ἓ⢓⼿ΐ㔎句㥴烊ᶨᾳ㶢䡇炻喯㟤嗕⚳⭞⌂䈑棐炻ッᶩ⟉炻⛐ᷕ⚳
Estimate EUR 300,- Condition: Very good condition with some wear, minor scratching, and 喅埻⚳晃⯽奥炻ΐ㔎䘯⭞喅埻⬠昊炻 1935, 䚖抬嘇2202; ⎎⢾ᶨᾳΐ㔎Ἓ
Starting price EUR 150,- some restoration to chipping in the front and back of the four corners ⢓⼿2007⸜5㚰15㖍句㥴炻408嘇㉵⑩ˤ⎎夳ᶨᾳ㚜⮷溆䘬䚌⫸炻Ἦ冒J.A.
Provenance: Austrian private collection Lloyd Hyde㓞啷炻夳䲸䲬伶⚳ᷕ⚳䞼䨞㇨炻1969⸜炻䚖抬嘇13炻ḶἛ⢓⼿ΐ
㔎炻1974⸜7㚰8㖍炻208嘇㉵⑩烊ẍ⍲ΐ㔎Ἓ⢓⼿炻1980⸜11㚰17㖍炻19嘇
Literature comparison: Important Chinese Art. Sotheby’s, London, ㉵⑩ˤ
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November 9 , 2016, lot 185. (for a larger famille rose canton enamel tray
from the same period) Also compare a tray of smaller rectangular size Estimate EUR 800,-
and painted with flowers, sold at Christie’s London, 15th June 1999, lot Starting price EUR 400,-
123. A lobed tray, in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, was included
in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts,
London, 1935, cat. no. 2202; and another was sold at Christie’s London,
15th May 2007, lot 408. See also a much smaller example, from the

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