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AN IMPERIAL YELLOW-GLAZED CUP

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN
AND DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The cup is delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising from a small ring foot to
a gently fared rim, and is covered on the exterior with a pale yellow glaze in contrast
to the white interior.
3æ in. (9.5 cm.) diam., box
$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE

Chinese Monochrome Porcelain from the Collection of the late Professor E.T. Hall,
C.B.E.; Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 90.
Eskenazi Ltd., London.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.
Compare with a pair of cups in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in Sekai
toji zenshu, vol. 15, Japan, 1983, p. 203, no. 292, and another pair by R. Krahl,
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 240, no.
908. One from a pair in the Baur Collection is illustrated with a matching saucer
by J. Ayers in The Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1972, nos. A 489-492. See, also,
a similar Yongzheng-marked cup illustrated by Peter Lam in Shimmering Colors,
Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhu Yue Tang Collection, Art
Museum, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p. 209, no. 133.

清雍正 黃釉盃 雙圈六字楷書款
來源
E.T.Hall教授C.B.E.珍藏中國單色釉瓷，倫敦佳士得，2004年6月7日，拍品編號90
埃斯肯納齊，倫敦
瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏
可參考一對大衛德爵士舊藏之黃釉盃，載於《世界陶瓷全集》，卷15，日
本，1983年，203頁，編號292；另一例黃釉對盃，載於康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國
陶瓷》，卷2，倫敦，1994年，240頁，編號908。鮑爾氏故藏一對黃釉盃其一
及配套之碟載於J. Ayers, 《鮑爾珍藏》,卷三，日内瓦，1972年，編號A489-
492。另可參考一雍正款近似例，載於林業強編，《五色瓊霞 : 竹月堂藏元明清
一道釉瓷器》，香港中文大學文物舘，2005年，209頁，編號133。

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