Une coupe à vin en porcelaine - Dynastie Ming, marque et époque Xuande (1426-1435)

A rare and early white-glazed winecup, Ming dynasty, mark and period of Xuande

à contour évasé sur un petit pied droit, la porcelaine très finement translucide, la base circulaire avec marque en kaishu Xuande à six caractères en bleu sous couverte. 6.3cm, 2 1/2 in. Estimé: 0,000—60,000 EUR

PROVENANCE: Collection H.R.N. Norton

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 721.

CATALOGUE NOTE: It is extremely rare to find white-glazed wine cups with a Xuande reign mark and of the period, although a closely related cup, from the collections of Sir Percival David and the Hall Family, was sold in our London rooms, 6^th July 1976, lot 126.

Sotheby's Paris. From Neolithic to Qing, Chinese Ceramics from Two Private Collections from two European collections. 12 Juin 2008