Lot 277. An anhua-incised white-glazed 'lotus' cup, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735). 9cm (3 1/2in) diam. (2). Estimate  GBP  4,000 ～ 6,000. Sold for £20,000 (€22,632). Photo: Bonhams.

Thinly potted with six petal-like lobes each delicately incised with thin lines above a band of moulded and incised lappets above the low foot, Japanese box. 

Provenance: a French private collection

Note: Compare a very similar but slightly larger white-glazed cup, illustrated by B.Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, fig.747. Another similar pair is illustrated by Yau Hok Wa, Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods: The Zhuyuetang Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, no.22.

A very similar white-glazed 'lotus' cup, Yongzheng mark and period, was sold in these Rooms, 15 May 2014, lot 23.

An anhua-incised white-glazed 'lotus' cup, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735). 10cm (4in) diam. Sold for £7,500 (€8,487) at Bonhzams London, 15 May 2014, lot 23. Photo: Bonhams.