A rare pair of sang-de-boeuf stem cups. Yongzheng seal marks and of the period
A rare pair of sang-de-boeuf stem cups. Yongzheng seal marks and of the period. photo Bonhams
Each well potted raised on a gently ribbed hollow stem, the exterior under a rich red glaze, faintly mottled on one bowl and thinning on the other to a pink tone at the rim and foot, the interior glazed white. 19cm (7½in) diam. (2). Estimate: £50,000 - 80,000, CNY 490,000 - 790,000, HK$ 600,000 - 970,000
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 21 June 2003, lot 187
The Inder Rieden Collection
A similar single stem cup is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S.C.Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no.126. Compare a similar, but slightly larger single stem cup, sold at Sotheby's Paris, 16 December 2010, lot 221.
Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 10 Nov 2011, New Bond Street www.bonhams.com