Lot 1878. A fine pair of doucai 'sanduo' winecups, Yongzheng six-character marks within double-circles and of the period (1723-1735); 2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 2,000,000 - HKD 3,000,000. Price Realized HKD 2,660,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010. 

Each of thinly potted conical form supported on a short foot, delicately enamelled on the exterior with fruiting sprigs of peach, finger citrus, and lychee forming the sanduo, in tones of lemon-yellow, two shades of green, russet and iron-red within underglaze-blue borders, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a flowering rose on a curled thorny stem, box.

Note: A single winecup was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1495. Compare with a pair of cups also with Yongzheng marks illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 98; a pair from the E.T. Chow collection most recently sold at Christie's Hong Kong 1 December 2009, lot 1920; and another pair from the Paul and Helen Bernat collection sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15 November, 1988, lot 6.