Lot 149. A small Ge-type lobed cup, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644); 5,7 cm. Estimate 5.000/8.000 €. Lot sold 45.000 €. Courtesy Nagel

the cup is delicately potted with deep lobed sides and indented corners, rising from a flat countersunk base, covered overall with an even cream-greenish-grey glaze suffused with a wide network of black crackles and a secondary network of pale-russet crackles. The foot is unglazed revealing the dark purplish-brown body. Good condition.

Provenance: Property from an European private collection.

Note: Compare a Ge cup of similar form from the Edward T. Chow collection was sold at Sotheby's London, 16 December 1980, lot 293.