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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 楁㷗喯⭴㭼炻1998⸜4㚰28㖍炻㉵⑩815嘇

3121 ˪匲䳡䴷㓞啷ᷕ⚳䒟☐˫炻楁㷗炻2009⸜炻⚾䇰52嘇

A FINE AND RARE DOUCAI CHICKEN CUP 晵㬋ⷅ㕤暆仠䙫⮞ッ㚱≈炻㒂˪㶭㨼˫姀庱炻晵㬋⋩⸜ˬ㬋
㚰Ḵ⋩ᶨ㖍炻⎠⹓ⷠᾅˣ椾柀啑㛐⑰㊩Ἦ暆仠㜗⋩ẞˤ婒⣒
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE 䚋㹬ⶆ⁛㖐烉叿䄏⮞居㟤ℏ䚃暆仠㜗⎰䇴⋋㧋⺷ ⋋ᶨẞ炻
WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) ᶵ⽭⬱䇴⫸炻⎎䱲⇍㧋拎⋋炻ℏ惵ᶨ䳓㨨㛐㝞ˤ㫥㬌ˤ㕤ᶫ
㚰⋩ḅ㖍炻⮯暆仠㜗⋩ẞ惵⼿䵈大䔒剙朊⎰䇴⋋ᶨẞˣ䳓㨨
The cup is delicately potted in imitation to its Ming prototype 㛐㝞ᶨẞ炻⎠⹓ⷠᾅˣ椾柀㛶ᷭ㖶ˣ啑㛐⑰㊩⍣Ṍ⣒䚋㹬ⶆ
with gently flared sides, exquisitely painted around the exterior ⏰忚炻妾ˤ˭
in soft translucent enamels and underglaze blue to depict two
cockerel-and-hen groups, each group observing their chicks
foraging for food, divided on one side by iron-red roses growing
from ornamental rocks, and the other by bamboo and lily, all
between underglaze-blue double lines at the rim and a single line
above the footless base. The reign mark is inscribed within the
countersunk base.
3 ¿ in. (8.2 cm.) diam., box

HK$9,000,000-12,000,000 US$1,200,000-1,600,000

PROVENANCE

Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 28 April 1998, lot 815

LITERATURE

The Alan Chuang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong, 2009,
pl. 52

Compare the present lot with other Yongzheng chicken cups, such
as a pair exhibited at the Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary
Exhibition, Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, Hong Kong Museum of
Art, 1990, Catalogue, no. 165; and one from the Sedgwick Collection,
included in the Exhibition of the Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Oriental
Ceramic Society, London, 1964, Catalogue, no. 194. Compare, also, the
Yongzheng-marked example of similar size sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1587; another at Christie’s New York, 19 March
2009, lot 554; and one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot
3144.

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