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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK COLLECTION

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A RARE PAIR OF SMALL LEMON-YELLOW-ENAMELED WINE CUPS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Each cup is delicately potted with a deep semi-ovoid body raised on a small ring foot, and is covered on the exterior

with enamel of lemon-yellow color in contrast to the white interior.

2 in. (5.1 cm.) diam. (2)

$40,000-60,000 (mark)

PROVENANCE:

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 7 January 1972.

A similar pair of cups in the Percival David Foundation is 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 Colours, Monochromes of
the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhu Yue Tang Collection, Art Museum, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, 209, no. 133.
A set of fve similar Yongzheng-marked cups is illustrated in Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors,
Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, A Selection of Porcelain from the Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 246-47, no.
98.

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