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A DOUCAI ‘CHICKEN’ CUP 清十八世紀 鬪彩雞缸盃
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 《成化年製》仿款
delicately potted with rounded sides rising from a concave 配小山冨士夫題日本木盒
base to a gently flaring rim, the exterior intricately painted
in soft enamels within an underglaze-blue outline, depicting
a rooster, a hen and five chicks in a garden landscape with
flowering peony branches growing from pierced rockwork,
the interior with a central medallion enclosing lingzhi shrubs
growing from rocks, encircled by double-line borders repeated
at the rim, the base with an apocryphal four-character
Chenghua mark within a double circle, Japanese wood box
inscribed by Fujio Koyama
6.5 cm, 2⅝ in.
HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-89,500

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