'Chicken' cup

Lot 3310. An important doucai 'chicken' cup, Yongzheng period (1723-1735). H 5.8cm. Sold for HKD 3,000,000 (Estimate 1,200,000 - 1,800,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022. Provenance: 1. Collection of N.C. Harrison2. Sotheby's London, 16 May 1967, lot 1533. Collection of J. Harris Phillips and Harris4. Collection of Mr. Evans, acquired on 23 February 1970 (with record of purchase)5. The Canterbury Auction Galleries, 22-23 May 2012, lot 77. Literature: Soame Jenyns,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 112. A pair of doucai 'chicken' cups, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); Diameter 2⅜ in., 6.1 cm. Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 USD. © 2020 Sotheby's each finely potted, rising from a flat base to gently flaring sides, delicately painted with two scenes of a cockerel and hen with three chicks, divided by sprays of peonies and bamboo amidst rockwork, all between line borders, the recessed base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3302. A rare Ming-style doucai 'Chicken' cup, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 1,000,000 - HKD 1,500,000. Price realised HKD 1,240,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014.   The cup is finely potted with thin rounded sides, delicately painted to the exterior with a continuous scene depicting cockerels, hens and chicks beside flowers and rocks, set between a double-line border around the mouth rim and a single line above the foot. The base... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3653. A doucai 'Chicken' cup, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 6.5 cm, 2 5/8  in. Estimate: 500,000 — 700,000 HKD (63,695 - 89,173 USD). Lot Sold 937,500 HKD (119,588 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. delicately potted with rounded sides rising from a concave base to a gently flaring rim, the exterior intricately painted in soft enamels within an underglaze-blue outline, depicting a rooster, a hen and five chicks in a garden landscape with flowering peony branches growing from pierced... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3631. A pair of doucai 'chicken' cups, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 6.6 cm., 2 5/8  in. Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,680,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. each finely potted with rounded sides rising from a concave base to a gently flared rim, the exterior decorated in delicate shades of enamels and underglaze blue with two cockerels and five chicks enamelled yellow and aubergine, a large rock formation issuing... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1612. A fine and rare doucai 'chicken' cup, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 6 cm., 2 3/8 in. Estimate 1,000,000—1,500,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,060,000 HKD. photo Sotheby's 2009 based on the Chenghua prototype, delicately potted with steep rounded sides rising from a recessed base to a slightly everted rim, finely decorated around the exterior with two pairs of cockerels and hens tending their four small chicks, divided on one side by blossoming peony issuing from rockwork and on the other by bamboo... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1215. A finely painted small doucai 'chicken' cup, Kangxi period (1662-1722), 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The cup has deep rounded sides rising to a very slightly everted rim. The exterior is decorated on two sides with a chicken and chicks, the scenes separated by blue rocks set amidst flowers. All are between blue borders, and an apocryphal Chenghua mark is on the base. Note: Porcelain decorated... [Lire la suite]

Lot 242. A doucai 'Chicken' cup, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Diameter 2 7/8  in., 7.3 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 42,500 USD. © Sotheby's. finely potted, the gently rounded sides rising from a countersunk base to a slightly everted rim, painted around the exterior with two crested cockerels between rockwork, each with a hen and small chicks, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3106. A fine and exquisite doucai 'chicken' cup, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735), 8.2 cm, 3 1/4  in. Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 HKD (900,830 — 1,158,210 USD). Lot sold 12,100,000 HKD (1,557,149 USD). © Sotheby's.  modelled after the Chenghua prototype, finely potted with rounded sides rising from a countersunk base to a gently flared rim, the exterior delicately outlined in underglaze blue and painted in bright translucent enamels of yellow,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 146. A doucai 'chicken' cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. with deeply rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior painted with chicken and chicks separated by blue rocks amidst flowers, all between blue borders around the rim and base, apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double square; 7.2 cm, 2 7/8  in. Provenance: Dr. Hugh Shire (d. 1976), London.Bonhams London, 7th November 2005, lot 28. ... [Lire la suite]