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A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE STEM CUP
TRANSITIONAL C.1640
The deep U-shaped body raised on a tall flared foot, decorated with a scene of three
boys playing with a kite in a rocky setting above sprays of bamboo, the interior of the
foot with paper labels reading ‘K R M 67’, ‘159’ and ‘401204’, 11cm.
£1,500-2,500
Provenance: formerly the collection of K R Malcolm, no.67; and then a British private
collection, purchased from Bonhams London on 13th June 2002, lot 15.
Cf. R S Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, p.146, no.93 for a related stem
cup with similar bamboo decoration and a comparable border encircling the rim.
明末清初 青花嬰戲紋杯
來源：K R Malcolm舊藏，
英國私人收藏，倫敦邦瀚斯2002年6月13日·編號15。

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