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each of conical form, the steep sides of the interior painted with an inverted phoenix with outstretched wings, its body wrapping over the rim and extending down the exterior with long plumage flowing, set opposite two sprays of bamboo similarly growing from the exterior over the rim and extending into the cup, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a four-character Yu ci Chunyi tang ('Bestowed from the Hall of Sincerity') hall mark within double squares, wood stands

The two cups are in overall good condition. There is some light bubbling to the interior of one at the bottom, a couple of pinprick air bubbles on the other side, a pinprick bubble under the rim and another minute iron spot on the base. There is a very minute flaw in the glaze on the interior footrim of the other cup as well as a couple of tiny specks under the rim. The actual colour is consistent, if not slightly warmer, compared to the catalogue illustration. There is a slight tinge of blue in the glaze.
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Compare a similar Kangxi winecup with the same decoration and hallmark, but in doucai enamels, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 198.