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A RARE PAIR OF GREEN, YELLOW AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED CUPS A YELLOW-GLAZED JAR
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) (1662-1722)

Each has deep sides rising from a rounded bottom to the fared rim The high-shouldered, tapering body is covered on the exterior in a
glaze of egg-yolk color, while the rim and interior are white.
and is covered on the exterior with a deep egg yolk-yellow glaze and 8¬ in. (22 cm.) high

on the interior with a rich green glaze, while the chilong that forms the

handle is glazed aubergine.

3¬ in. (9.2 cm.) wide across handle, wood stands, box (2) $30,000-50,000

$20,000-30,000 PROVENANCE:

A very similar cup, but with yellow-glazed interior and exterior, and the Private collection, Pennsylvania.
handle glazed green, is illustrated by R. L. Hobson, B. Rackham and W.
King, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, London, 1931, p. 128, fg. A similar Kangxi-marked jar in the Percival David Foundation is illustrated by
231. For another similar example, but with a purple glaze, see Mayuyama, J. Ayers and M. Sato, Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 15, Japan, 1983, pl. 257, and
Seventy Years, vol. I, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 1081, from the Museum Yamato another was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 April 2002, lot 658. See, also,
Bunkakan, Japan. the similar jar sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1597.

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