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THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTOR
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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 清雍正 粉彩沒骨梅菊紋酒盃一對 單圈三行六字楷書款
‘BONELESS-STYLE’ WINE CUPS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN 此對酒盃畫工細膩，以沒骨法繪畫，色彩淡雅柔和。書單圈三行楷書款
CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) 的官窯器非常罕有，可參考紐約蘇富比2015年3月18日拍賣一套五件粉
Each cup is delicately enamelled on the exterior with a branch of 彩沒骨花蝶紋酒盃，尺寸與本器一樣，拍品280號；及倫敦蘇富比2010
flowering prunus and another branch bearing asters, the interior 年11月10日拍賣一對，拍品117號。
with a be-ribboned ruyi.
2 ¡ in. (6 cm.) diam., box (2)
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-150,000
The decoration on these wine cups is executed in the ‘boneless’
technique, so called because the design is painted in without the use
of outlines. This style of decoration is perhaps the least common of the
enamelling techniques used at Jingdezhen as it was too complicated
to use on a mass production scale, and if not handled well, gives the
impression that the piece was unfinished. The technique is discussed
in detail by R. Scott, ‘18th Century Overglaze Enamels: the Influence of
Technological Development on Painting Style’, Style in the East Asian
Tradition, Percival David Foundation, London, 1987, pp. 158-164.
Compare to a set of five Yongzheng-marked wine cups of the same size
and enamelled in very similar style, depicting flowers and butterflies,
sold at Sotheby’s New York, 18 March 2015, lot 280; and another pair
sold at Sotheby’s London, 10 November 2010, lot 117.

interior of one cup 其一盃心

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