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A FINE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘BABAO’ STEM

CUP

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A

LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The cup is delicately painted in soft tones of blue on the exterior
with eight lotus flowers, each supporting a precious object, forming
the ‘Eight Treasures’ babao, above a row of ruyi-heads. The interior
of the hollow stem foot is inscribed with the reign mark in a
horizontal line.
1 æ in. (4.5 cm.) high, box

HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000

Compare to a small Yongzheng-marked blue and white stem cup (4.8
cm. diam.) decorated with similar motifs, but with each precious object
supported on a cloud scroll and with a differently rendered ruyi band
above the foot, in the Leshantang Collection and illustrated in The
Leshantang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Taiwan, 2005, pl. 30.

3401 清雍正 青花八寶紋高足小盃 六字楷書橫款

樂山堂珍藏裏有一件雍正款青花高足小盃（4.8 公分），同樣飾八寶紋，
但八寶以祥雲承托，與本盃上的蓮托八寶紋略為不同，高足上的如意卷
葉紋也與本盃上的如意雲頭紋迴異，著錄於 2005 年台灣出版《樂山堂藏
瓷》，圖版 30 號。

3402

A SMALL MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE

FLORAL SCROLL WINE CUP

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The thinly potted cup is decorated on the exterior in Chenghua-
style with a continuous composite floral meander. The interior
with a central medallion enclosing a single lotus bloom, the base
with a six-character mark in underglaze blue.
2 æ in. (7 cm.) diam., box

HK$260,000-350,000 US$34,000-45,000

清雍正 青花纏枝花卉小盃 雙圈六字楷書款

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