清康熙 白釉暗蓮紋撇口盌一對 《永樂年製》仿款

each delicately potted with thin conical sides rising from a short foot to a slightly flared rim, the interior decorated with a thin white slip in the anhua technique, depicting stylised lotus blooms borne on a meandering scroll, covered overall in a transparent glaze, the central interior incised with a four-character Yongle seal mark within a circle

Alfred E. Hippisley（1848-1939年）收藏
Yale Kneeland 夫人收藏
紐約 Anderson Galleries，1925年1月30日，編號201（四盌之二）
J.J. Lally & Co.，紐約

史密森尼學會，華盛頓，1887-1912年，借展
《Chinese Ceramics in Black and White》， J.J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art，紐約，2010年，編號36

The pair is in overall very good condition with only some minor firing imperfections including occasional burst air bubbles to one cup.
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Notable for its milky white glaze and carefully executed floral scroll, closely related cups of this form with apocryphal Yongle mark include one from the collection of Mr and Mrs Alfred Clark, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition of Monochrome Porcelain, London, 1948, cat. no. 32; another from the collection of Edward T. Chow, sold in these rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 56; and a slightly smaller bowl from the Oppenheim collection, now in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. XLIII, no. 1a, together with one lacking the apocryphal mark, no. 1b. Compare also a cup of similar form and size, but decorated with the bajixiang, sold in our New York rooms, 25th October 1973, lot 198.