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eticulously painted with roundels of chrysanthemum flowers separated by lotus sprays, this charming cup is a testament of
the Yongzheng Emperor’s penchant for classic styles of the past. Its fine and thinly potted body, smooth and tactile glaze,
M and its delicate motif were inspired by prototypes of the Chenghua reign (1465-87), which were especially treasured by the
Yongzheng Emperor. Compare a Chenghua mark and period reconstructed cup with roundels of chrysanthemums, recovered from the
Chenghua stratum at the site of the imperial kiln factory in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, and illustrated in Imperial porcelains from the
Reign of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty II, Beijing, 2016, pl. 179.
Yongzheng mark and period cups painted with this motif are held in important museums and private collections worldwide: a closely
related cup in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Ye Peilan, Beauty of Ceramics: Gems of Doucai, vol. 6, Taipei, 1993, pl. 102,
together with one in the Capital Museum, Beijing, pl. 96; a pair is illustrated in Julian Thompson, The Alan Chuang Collection of Chinese
Porcelain, Hong Kong, 2009, cat. no. 51; and a cup in the Ise collection, was included in the exhibition The Enchanting Chinese Ceramics
from the Ise Collection, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 2017, cat. no. 75. Further examples were sold at auction, such as a pair
from the Edward T. Chow collection, sold in these rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 132.

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