Lot 41. A Ming-style doucai 'Chicken' cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 3 1/4 in., 8.2 cm. Estimate  10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 74,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's

with deeply rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior painted with chicken and chicks separated by blue rocks amidst flowers, all between blue borders, apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double square. 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th October 1991, lot 203.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012