An underglaze-red and blue cupstand, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795)
Lot 2054. An underglaze-red and blue cupstand, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 17 cm., 6 3/4 in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD (14,461 — 19,281 EUR). Lot Sold 300,000 HKD (28,922 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's
the deep round hollow bowl with an incurved rim, painted in underglaze red with a row of pendant pomegranates extending from a band of blue trefoils and key-fret around the mouth, collared by a broad flat dish painted with four sprays of fruiting blossoms, the flowers picked out in red, the underside with six florets on stylised foliage, all supported on a slightly flared foot skirted with overlapping arches each containing a red trefoil, the inner foot inscribed with a six-character horizontal reign mark.
Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 31st March 1992, lot 644 (one of a pair).
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Hong Kong, 05 Oct 2011