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TWO DEHUA CUPS
18th/19th century
The first of inverted bell shape, the exterior molded with three
blossoming prunus sprigs, supported on a tapered foot ring
surrounding the stepped foot; the second made to resemble a
rhinoceros horn cup, of ovoid section, with a flared lip, supported on
three short conical feet, the glaze on one side of the exterior incised
with one line from a poem by Ming dynasty poet Yuan Hongdao and
two seals one reading Shizi, the other in the shape of a leaf, the other
side incised with a crane beneath the glaze, one seal on the foot
reading Zixin.
The taller 4in (10cm) high (2).
$2,000 - 3,000

十八/十九世紀 德化白釉盃兩件

Provenance:
Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), and thence by descent

PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
867
A GUAN-TYPE FOOTED BOWL
Qing dynasty
Of square section with straight flaring sides rising from the flat floor,
supported on four bracket feet, applied overall with a soft gray glaze
suffused with crackles, some stained black, the pads of the feet
867 applied with iron wash.
5in (12.2cm) long

$5,000 - 7,000

清 仿官釉方形四足盌

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