Lot 90. A pair of blue and white cups, Xuantong eight-character cyclical jiyou marks in underglaze blue corresponding to 1909 and of the period; 3 1⁄8 in. (8 cm.) diam., fitted cloth box. Price Realised USD 10,000 (Estimate USD 2,000- USD 3,000). © Christie's 2021

Each cup is inscribed on the base in underglaze blue with eight characters reading Xuantong jiyou Yichun Tang zhi (made for the Hall of Everlasting Spring in jiyou year of Xuantong).

Provenance: Acquired in Australia, 2001.

Christie's. Art of China and Japan, New York, 1 Dec - 14 Dec 2021