Lot 919. Property from the Dawentang Collection. A fine and rare lemon yellow-enamelled wine cup, Yongzy six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double square and of the period (1723-1735); 6.2 cm diam. Price realised HKD 2,032,000 (Estimate HKD 800,000 – HKD 1,500,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 14 November 1989, lot 162

Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 November 1997, lot 1525

Literature: Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Vol. II, Hong Kong, 2019, pp.466-469, no. 84

Exhibited: Hong Kong Museum of Art, Honouring Tradition and Heritage: Min Chiu Society at Sixty, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020 – 28 April 2021, cat. no. 125 (one of two)

Note : The wine cup is covered on the exterior with a vibrant lemon yellow enamel, the interior and base left white. The cup is rare for its size and double square mark. Compare to a nearly identical cup bearing a double square Yongzheng mark, from the collection of Dr. Ip Yee, was included in An Anthology of Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1980, no.128.

Christie's. Pearls of The Orient - Treasures from Hong Kong Private Collectors, Hong Kong, 40 April 2026