Lot 1438. A fine and rare pair of grisaille wine cups, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 2 1/8 in. (5.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 122,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.

Each thinly potted and delicately painted, one with two scholars in a mountainous river landscape, the other with pavilions on a river bank, each interior with two small famille rose flowers.

Provenance: S & G. Gump, San Francisco, 1920s to 1930s. 

Note: Compare a similarly decorated small Yongzheng-marked cup of closely related size (5.8 cm.) from the Goldschmidt Collection, sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 25

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. 26 March 2010. New York, Rockefeller Plaza