A pair of iron-red-decorated stem cups, 18th century
Lot 1366. A pair of iron-red-decorated stem cups, 18th century; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The thinly potted sides of each bowl are delicately painted in shaded tones of iron red with three fish, and the spreading stem foot is encircled at the top by a bow-string band. An apocryphal Chenghua mark is in underglaze blue on the inside of the foot of each.
Provenance: Barbara Hutton (1912-1979) Collection.
Fong Chow (1923-2012) Collection, New York
Exhibited: Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, The Barbara Hutton Collection of Chinese Porcelain, November 1956 - January 1957, p. 11, pl. II.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 19 - 20 September 2013