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A BLUE AND WHITE STEM CUP

17TH CENTURY

Standing on a tall, slightly spreading foot decorated with
chrysanthemum and lotus, the cup is decorated with two
fgures playing weiqi and drinking tea, accompanied by
an attendant tending to the tea. The interior of the foot is
inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
4º in. (10.7 cm.) high
$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE

Margaret and Raymond J. Horowitz Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1977.

LITERATURE

S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York,
1989 ed., p. 210, no. 202.

明末清初 青花會棋品茗圖高足盃

來源
Margaret 及 Raymond J. Horowitz 伉儷收藏.
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1977年。

(detail)

&842
A RARE RETICULATED BLUE AND
WHITE ‘COLD-PAINTED’ CUP

17TH CENTURY

The double-walled cylindrical cup is decorated on the
reticulated diaper exterior with three recessed panels
enclosing fgures embellished with ‘cold-painted’
enamels and gilding. Fu lu shou (‘good fortune, wealth,
longevity’) characters in faming pearls are applied
between the panels. The base is inscribed with an
apocryphal Xuande mark.
3¬ in. (9.2 cm.) diam.
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection,
New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1879.

明末清初 青花透雕加彩人物紋盃

來源
Samuel Putnam Avery（1822-1904）珍藏， 紐約。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1879年。

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