A pair of blue and white 'Phoenix and Bamboo' wine cups, Qing Dynasty, Yu Ci Chunyi Tang Mark, 19th century. Photo: Sotheby's.

each of conical form, the steep sides of the interior painted with an inverted phoenix with outstretched wings, its body wrapping over the rim and extending down the exterior with long plumage flowing, set opposite two sprays of bamboo similarly growing from the exterior over the rim and extending into the cup, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a four-character Yu ci Chunyi tang ('Bestowed from the Hall of Sincerity') hall mark within double squares, wood stands; 7 cm., 2 3/4 in. Estimation 10,000 — 15,000 HKD. Lot. Vendu 525,000 HKD

Compare a similar Kangxi winecup with the same decoration and hallmark, but indoucai enamels, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 198.  

Sotheby's. Playthings From The Collection of Edward T. Chow - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Collections -Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Gor - Asian Lacquer. Hong Kong | 27 mai 2014 - http://www.sothebys.com/