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A FINE AND EXQUISITE DOUCAI ‘CHICKEN’ 清雍正 鬪彩雞缸盃
CUP 《大清雍正年製》款
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG
來源：
modelled after the Chenghua prototype, finely potted with 香港蘇富比1977年5月16日，編號140
rounded sides rising from a countersunk base to a gently 香港蘇富比1994年5月3日，編號144
flared rim, the exterior delicately outlined in underglaze blue 香港蘇富比1999年4月27日，編號430
and painted in bright translucent enamels of yellow, green, 香港佳士得2008年5月27日，編號1587
olive green and iron-red of shaded tones, one side with a red
rooster turning back to see his hen hunching over to tend to
their brood of four yellow chicks, the reverse with a further
red rooster accompanied by his golden hen and five chicks,
one riding on the hen’s back, the rooster exquisitely portrayed
with a red crown and long black tail feathers, the two scenes
divided on one side by jagged underglaze-blue rocks with
bamboo shoots issuing from behind, the other side with
further rockwork and accentuated with red rose blooms and
lush leaves, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-
character reign mark within a double square
8.2 cm, 3¼ in.

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 16th May 1977, lot 140.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3rd May 1994, lot 144.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27th April 1999, lot 430.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th May 2008, lot 1587.

HK$ 7,000,000-9,000,000
US$ 905,000-1,170,000

Mark
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