Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT YOUNGMAN
AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND IRON-RED 'LOTUS' WINE CUP, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
Auction Closed
September 23, 08:35 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND IRON-RED 'LOTUS' WINE CUP
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
清雍正 青花礬紅彩折枝番蓮紋盃 《大清雍正年製》款
finely potted with gently flaring sides resting on a straight foot, the exterior decorated with four stylized lotus blossoms, each enameled in iron red against an underglaze-blue foliate spray, all between line borders, the base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double square
Diameter 3¼ in., 8.2 cm
The design of the present cup is based on Ming dynasty prototypes, such as a Chenghua marked example, excavated from the late Chenghua stratum of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen and included in the exhibition A Legacy of Chenghua, The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1993, cat. no. C95. Yongzheng period cups, with the six-character reign mark inscribed within a double square, include a pair illustrated in Chinese Porcelain. The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 99. Other examples include three pairs, the first sold in these rooms, 7th December 1983, lot 376, the second sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 13th November 1990, lot 267, and the third sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 2nd May 1994, lot 212. Qing dynasty cups of this design are more commonly found with Qianlong seal marks, including a pair offered in these rooms, 18th March 2008, lot 137.