Lot 220. A pair of small Chenghua-style doucai stem cups, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 2 1/2 in. (6.1 cm.) high. Estimate HK$500,000 - HK$800,000 ($64,805 - $103,688). Price Realized HK$625,000 ($81,006). © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Each is exquisitely painted in doucai palette with a lotus scroll above two rows of florettes interspersed by the raised rib, and a band of spearheads encircling the splayed foot. The interior of the hollow stem foot is inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in a line, box (2).

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 October 2003, lot 12

Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 6 April 2015, 22nd Floor