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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 546

AN UNDERGLAZE -BLUE AND IRON-RED 'LOTUS' WINE CUP, YONGZHENG MARK AND PE RIOD
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD

AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND IRON-RED 'LOTUS' WINE CUP
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
清雍正 青花礬紅彩折枝番蓮紋盃 《大清雍正年製》款

finely potted with gently flaring sides resting on a straight foot, the exterior decorated with four stylized lotus blossoms, each
enameled in iron red against an underglaze-blue foliate spray, all between line borders, the base inscribed with a six-character
mark in underglaze blue within a double square

Diameter 3¼ in., 8.2 cm

Catalogue Note
The design of the present cup is based on Ming dynasty prototypes, such as a Chenghua marked example, excavated from the late
Chenghua stratum of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen and included in the exhibition A Legacy of Chenghua, The Tsui Museum of
Art, Hong Kong, 1993, cat. no. C95. Yongzheng period cups, with the six-character reign mark inscribed within a double square,
include a pair illustrated in Chinese Porcelain. The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 99. Other examples include
three pairs, the first sold in these rooms, 7th December 1983, lot 376, the second sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 13th November
1990, lot 267, and the third sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 2nd May 1994, lot 212. Qing dynasty cups of this design are more
commonly found with Qianlong seal marks, including a pair offered in these rooms, 18th March 2008, lot 137.

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