Lot 3173. A fine pair of small doucai wine cups, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 6.7 cm., 2 5/8 in. Estimate 80,000 — 100,000 HKD. Lot Sold 620,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of conical form set on a short tapering foot, painted on the interior with half of a phoenix and bamboo shoots extending over the lip and on to the exterior with the tail of the phoenix and further bamboo, the base inscribed with a five-character mark in a double square in underglaze blue Yu ci chun yi tang ('given by the Emperor to the Hall of Simple Purity').

Provenance: Irene Dreyfus Collection, Germany.