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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

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A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE CUP
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD

the U-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to an
everted rim, painted to the exterior in bright cobalt-blue tones
depicting a continuous river landscape with a pair of scholars
in conversation on a river bank, the base with a four-character
mark in underglaze blue
9 cm, 3½ in.

PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 3rd and 4th November 1996, lot 758.

಴£ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 48,300-67,500 US$ 6,300-8,700

1996 11 3 4 758

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