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A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE CHICKEN CUPS A MOLDED POLYCHROME ENAMELED VASE
Qianlong fanggu marks, Republic period Qianlong mark, late Qing/Republic period
Each painted with a young boy stamping his foot as he faces a rooster, The heavily potted pear-shaped vessel supporting elaborately
hen and chicks gathered around garden rocks and flowers reversed archaistic opposing handles and molded with colorful raised relief
by a long inscription in black enamel bearing an inscription by the One Hundred Antiques decorations on the exteriors between yellow
Qianlong emperor followed by two of his seals, the recessed base repeating bands around the mouth and foot, all on a sgraffito pink
bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue seal script. ground, the underside bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue.
2 3/4in (7cm) high 14 1/2in (37cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000 $10,000 - 15,000
The boy on the cup was identified as the young prodigy Jia Chang
(born 713), at the age of 13 a skilled trainer of fighting cocks for the
emperor. For a translation of the inscription as well as an example of an
original cup from the Qianlong period, see Louise Allison Cort and Jan
Stuart, Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain,
(Washington, D.C., 1993), p. 53-54 and p. 138, no. 64 (Sze Tak Tong
Collection, as 6.0cm height, 6.5cm diameter of mouth).

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