Lot 71. A pair of lobed lime-green-glazed wine cups, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735); 6.4cm, 2 1/2 in. Estimate 40,000-60,000 GBP. Lot Sold 133,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

 pair of each deep U-shaped body rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, the sides divided into four lobes and covered with a bright lime-green glaze, leaving the interior and the base white, the base inscribed with a six-character Yongzheng mark within a double circle  Quantity: 2.

The Cartwright collection of Qing monochrome wares.

Note: Green-glazed cups of this type are extremely rare and no closely related example appears to have been published.Compare a larger green-glazed bowl of this type, also with a Yongzheng reign mark and of the period, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, pl. 66; and another, but with the interior also glazed green, sold in our Paris rooms, 9th June 2010, lot 239.

For wine cups of this form and small size but of various glazes, please see the note to Lot 61 in this catalogue.

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