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5093 | Yongzheng Period,Qing Dynasty A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE CHENGHUA-IMITATION CUPS

A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE CHENGHUA-IMITATION CUPS

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Size: D7.2cm

Signed and dated: Yongzheng Period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 550,000


Yongzheng Six-Character Mark
Each small cups is thinly potted with round flaring sides rising from a short straight footing. It is painted on the exterior in soft tones of underglaze blue with six flower-heads issuing from a continuous leafy stem between two double-circles at the rim and the footring. The interior is decorated with an enclosed radiating spear-head medallion in double circle below five stylized lotus flowers. The base is inscribed with six-character Yongzheng mark in regular script within double circles in underglaze blue.
Provenance
A State Holding Antique Store Collection