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THREE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’
CUPS
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Each cup is thinly potted and decorated to the exterior with two pairs of birds These cups with their thin potting and soft tones of cobalt blue, are inspired
amongst loquat trees and flowering trees, the interior with a stylised double- by prototypes from the Chenghua reign, such as two cups of similar size
vajra enclosing lanca characters. The countersunk base is inscribed with an and design, Chenghua mark and period, in the National Palace Museum
apocryphal Chenghua reign mark in underglaze blue in a double square. Collection, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ch’eng-hua
3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) diam. (3)
Porcelain Ware, Taipei, 2003, nos. 60 and 61. In the same exhibition there
£6,000-8,000 US$7,700-10,000 are also two Jiajing-marked cups with the same design, ibid, nos. 62 and
€6,600-8,8000
€ 6 , 6 0 0 8 , 8 0 63. These cups may also be compared to a related Yongzheng cup from
the Brian S. McElney Collection, illustrated in Porcelain of the High Qing
Porcelain of the High Qing, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1983, no. 18. A
single, comparable Yongzheng blue and white cup was sold at Christie's
Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2903.

歐洲私人珍藏
清雍正 青花花鳥紋盃一組三件

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A LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL VASE
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chrysanthemum, between ruyi-lappet borders at the shoulder and base. The
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facetted flared neck rises from horizonal ribs decorated with key-fret and floral
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sprays entwined with scrolling stems.
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27 1/2 in. (70 cm.) high
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£10,000-15,000 US$13,000-19,000
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清十九世紀 青花三多折枝花果紋六方瓶
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