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blue and white cup chongzhen transitional period
blue and white cup chongzhen transitional period
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A blue and white conical cup – Transitional Period

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The cup stands on a broad foot ring with straight everted sides, decorated in underglaze blue. Inside it is decorated with an apocryphal four-character Yongle reign mark, but surrounding this and repeated around the inner rim is a border of spirals with simple five-petalled flowers and with chrysanthemums. Outside, the painting consists of a scholar seated in a garden beside a pile of books, attended by two servants.

 

Period: Tianqi/Chongzhen (1635-1650)

Size: Diameter 10.1 cm, height 4.6 cm

Condition: Very good condition, minor wear and firing flaws, no cracks or repairs found under UV-light.

Provenance: -

SKU: 254

References: A similar pair of cups are described in 'Catalogue of the late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum' by Harrison- Hall, Item No: 12:38 &12:39, both donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks.

See also example in A Selection from the Collection of Oriental Ceramics, Christian J. A. Jorg; Item No 44. Page 72.