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8 janvier 2017

A rare agate cup, Incised seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)

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Lot 3774. A rare agate cup, Incised seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,060,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. 

the exquisite caramel and golden-yellow material highlighted with attractive darker-brown veins, superbly carved with delicate sides rising steeply from a short splayed foot, the countersunk base incised with a four-character seal mark - 10.7 cm., 4 1/4  in.

ProvenanceAn old Scottish collection.

Note: A closely related cup of slightly smaller size, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the Museum’s exhibition Harmony and Integrity. The Yongzheng Emperor and His Times, Taipei, 2009, cat. no. II:67, together with a smaller agate cup and dish, cat. no. II:70, and seven agate bowls, cat. nos II:61-66 and II:68; and another smaller cup and dish, from the collection of Sir Adrian and Lady Holman, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26th April 2004, lot 1125. See also a Yongzheng mark and period shallow bowl, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages, vol. 11, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 28; and a mallow-shaped example from the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat collection, sold in these rooms, 4th April 2012, lot 125. 

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 oct. 2014, 03:00 PM

 

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