Coupe à pied en porcelaine de style Qingbai Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Yongzheng (1726-1735)

les bords et le pied évasés, l'intérieur à décor incisé de phénix et pivoines surmontés d'une frise de grecques, la coupe recouverte d'une belle glaçure bleu pâle, marque à quatre caractères à l'intérieur ; fêle

A 4,1 cm hairline crack extending from the rim. The actual color of the glaze is more bluish celadon, less white than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue.
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Delicately potted and carved to the interior with phoenix and peonies, the kings of birds and flowers, the present stemcup is rare for its angular form; see a closely related example in the Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art. Chinese Ceramics IV – Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 18; and a pair sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8^th April 2010, lot 1926.

For examples of Yongzheng stemcups with rounded cup and incised decoration, see one in the Tianminlou collection published in Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 134; another sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 14^th November 1983, lot 154; and a third example sold at Christie's New York, 18^th September 2003, lot 331.

During the Qianlong period, stemcups of this form were decorated with lança characters and lotus scrolls, reflecting the emperor's interest in Lamaist Buddhism; see one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi , Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, cat. no. 69.