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6 novembre 2011

A pair of ruby-glazed cups, Yongzheng marks and period (1723-1735)

A pair of ruby-glazed cups, Yongzheng marks and period (1723-1735)

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Lot 73. A pair of ruby-glazed cups, Yongzheng marks and period (1723-1735); 9.1cm., 3 5/8 in. Estimate 60,000-80,000 GBP. Lot sold 373,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

each with rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, the exterior covered with a rich ruby-pink enamel glaze displaying a soft dimpled texture, leaving the interior and base glazed white, the base with a six-character Yongzheng mark within a circle  Quantity: 2. 

Provenance: Bluett & Sons Ltd, London, 1910.

The Cartwright collection of Qing monochrome wares

Note: A closely related pair of cups is published in The Tsui Museum of Art. Chinese Ceramics IV, Hong Kong 1995, pl. 25; another pair was sold in our New York rooms, 26th March 1996, lot 189; and a third pair, from the estate of John B. Trevor, was sold at Christie's New York, 19th September 2007, lot 340. For a slightly smaller cup of this type, see one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 303, pl. 132; a single cup sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 12/13th May 1976, lot 210; and a slightly smaller pair sold at Christie's New York, 3rd December 1992, lot 313.

According to S.J. Vainker in Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, New York, 1991, p. 206, pink enamel of this type was developed in China in the final years of Kangxi's reign and was applied by 'blowing it through a bamboo tube covered with a fine silk gauze at one end'.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London | 09 Nov 2011

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