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FOURTEEN BLANC-DE-CHINE CUPS
17th/18th century
Variously moulded with blossoming prunus branches, butterflies amongst foliage, the Eight Horses, one incised with lotus sprays and one of plain lobed form.
The largest 11cm (4 3/8in) wide. (14).
Footnotes:
十七/十八世紀 德化白瓷盃 十四件
Provenance: One small moulded cup: G. de Menasce (1890-1967) collection, no. 355, Spink & Son Ltd., London.
For a pair of Dehua stem cups, see Kerr and Ayres Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, cat no 147.
A selection of related cups are illustrated in E. Stroeber, La Maladie de Porcelaine ... East Asian Porcelain From The Collection of Augustus the Strong, 2001, pp. 116-7, cat. no.50, where it is noted that they were listed on the inventory of 1721.
17th/18th century
Variously moulded with blossoming prunus branches, butterflies amongst foliage, the Eight Horses, one incised with lotus sprays and one of plain lobed form.
The largest 11cm (4 3/8in) wide. (14).
Footnotes:
十七/十八世紀 德化白瓷盃 十四件
Provenance: One small moulded cup: G. de Menasce (1890-1967) collection, no. 355, Spink & Son Ltd., London.
For a pair of Dehua stem cups, see Kerr and Ayres Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, cat no 147.
A selection of related cups are illustrated in E. Stroeber, La Maladie de Porcelaine ... East Asian Porcelain From The Collection of Augustus the Strong, 2001, pp. 116-7, cat. no.50, where it is noted that they were listed on the inventory of 1721.
Condition
A few small chips and nibbles. Some firing imperfections.
One with small surface restored rim chip.
The two small stem cups each with a firing crack at the top of the stem.
One with three small rim chips and interior calcification
Two further with interior calcification.
The larger cup with 0.3cm rim chip
One with small surface restored rim chip.
The two small stem cups each with a firing crack at the top of the stem.
One with three small rim chips and interior calcification
Two further with interior calcification.
The larger cup with 0.3cm rim chip
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FOURTEEN BLANC-DE-CHINE CUPS 17th/18th century (14)
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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£1,600
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