A fine and very rare miniature blue and white 'Eight Treasures' stem cup, Mark and period of Yongzheng | 清雍正　青花番蓮托八寶紋高足小盃　《大清雍正年製》款

Christie's Hong Kong, 28th April 1997, lot 669.

The present vessel belongs to a small group of Yongzheng blue and white stem cups inspired by Chenghua period creations of the Ming dynasty. Most examples from this group closely reproduce the earlier models in design, form, and scale, typically standing around 8 cm high. The current cup, however, represents a rarer reinterpretation within this tradition, remarkable for its diminutive size, measuring roughly half the height of both its Chenghua originals and standard Yongzheng counterparts (for comparison, see a Chenghua example in the Taipei Palace Museum, acc. no. guci‑3543, and a Yongzheng version of standard size, acc. no. guci‑1625).

A notable Yongzheng example, closely comparable to the present lot, is in the collection of the Taipei Palace Museum (acc. no. guci-18002); it was later fitted into an inlaid zitan curio box of the Qianlong period (acc. no. guza-538), highlighting the emperor’s discernment and personal interest in such finely crafted miniature vessels.

See a related example, also from the Leshantang Collection, belonging to the same group but characterised by a ruyi strapwork above the stem and a slightly more rounded bowl, sold in these rooms, 9th April 2024, lot 117. Both variants trace their origins to celebrated fifteenth-century imperial designs, echoing the elegant forms and motifs of Ming court porcelains while demonstrating both the standard and the rare miniature Yongzheng interpretations of this classic type.

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香港佳士得1997年4月28日，編號669

本器為雍正朝仿明成化御窰高足盃之作，紋飾、造型皆承襲成化原器，惟尺寸更為小巧袖珍，高度約僅前者及雍正同式仿製例的一半，殊為少見。此類成化高足盃及雍正仿例，高度一般多約8公分，如台北故宮博物院所藏成化番蓮托八寶紋高足盃一例（館藏編號：故瓷3543），及雍正朝一例（故瓷1625），可作參考。

與本品形制、尺寸、紋樣均相近者寥寥，如台北故宮博物院所藏一例（故瓷18002），其盃後被收入乾隆紫檀嵌寶格匣中（故雜538），足見清代帝王對此類精緻袖珍御瓷之賞識與偏愛。

另可參考一相關例，亦為樂山堂舊藏，與本品同屬雍正仿成窰高足盃類，盃身侈口，外壁底沿一周飾幾何花卉紋，釋於香港蘇富比2024年4月9日，編號117。 兩式皆承繼成化高足盃之制，延續明代御窰端莊秀雅之造型與吉祥紋飾風格。