THREE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’ CUPS

Lot 54
03.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 162 500
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Lot 54 | THREE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’ CUPS
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£ 6 000 – 8 000
THREE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’ CUPS

YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

Each cup is thinly potted and decorated to the exterior with two pairs of birds amongst loquat trees and flowering trees, the interior with a stylised double-vajra enclosing lanca characters. The countersunk base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua reign mark in underglaze blue in a double square.

3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diam.

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