Lot 3658. A fine pair of underglaze-blue and iron-red 'lotus' cups, marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 8.1 cm, 3 1/4  in. Estimate   600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot Sold 750,000 HKD (95,670 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.

each finely potted with thin flaring sides rising from a straight foot, the exterior decorated with four iron-red stylised lotus blossoms borne on underglaze-blue foliate sprays, the underside inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double square.

Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 1st-3rd May 1994, lot 748.
An important Asian private collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th April 2011, lot 3135.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 oct. 2018