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A CAFE-AU-LAIT GLAZED CUP
Daoguang seal mark and of the period
With straight sides flaring towards the mouth, the
rounded base supported on a gently-tapered foot
ring, the exterior covered with a pale caramel-
colored glaze, the foot centered with a six-character
seal mark in cobalt blue beneath the clear glaze that
also covers the interior.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

US$3,000 - 5,000

清道光 米黃釉盃 《大清道光年製》款

A similar example was sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, May 30-31 2019, lot 777.

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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘FLORAL’ WINE CUP
Jiuwan Shanfang mark, 18th/19th century
Of elegant ogee form, with finely potted thin sides
rising from a short tapered foot ring, delicately
painted to the exterior with blossoming peony and
chrysanthemums growing from behind a fantastic
garden rock, the foot inscribed in iron-red with the
four-character seal mark.
2 3/4in (6.8cm) diameter
US$2,000 - 4,000

十八/十九世紀 粉彩牡丹菊花紋折腰盃 《九畹山
房》款

The Jiuwan Shanfang is recorded as being the
name of a study dating to the Qianlong period.
The character wan refers to a piece of land
surrounded by terraced fields and is also an ancient
measurement of area.

A Qianlong period famille rose brushpot with a
similar iron-red mark was sold at Christie’s New
York, 15 September 2011, lot 1551; and a Qianlong
period famille rose bowl with the same hallmark in
underglaze blue was sold at Sotheby’s London, 7
November 2018, lot 72.

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