Rare porcelaine old Chinese Antique CHENGHUA Doucai Chicken Cup: signed 'CHENGHUA' on baseDimensions: D: 3-1/4"From an important Los Angeles collection . Museum item. Example of sold : $22,000 usd + commission FINE CHENGHUA DOUCAI CHICKEN CUP ON STAND Mark Period of ChengHua, on stand. The clay fine and exquisite, the glaze smooth with a moist appearance, the finishing meticulous. Rounded sides rising to a slightly flaring rim, finely hand painted to the exterior with rooster against garden landscape, between a washed-blue lappet border encircling the foot. The entire cup painted in an artless style further reflected in the six-character Reign mark in under glaze blue framed within double squares inscribed on the countersunk base, the immaculate porcelain body covered with a characteristic silky glaze, pooling on the base slightly veiling the mark. Marked on base, Four blue Zhuanshu characters seal inscription enclosed by double frames, ChengHua Reign Mark of Great Ming. Dimensions: dimension(on stand): 2-3/4" H x 3-1/4" Diam.Literature: LOT NOTES The term 'chicken cup' denotes a tiny porcelain wine cup painted with cocks, hens and chicks, and for centuries evoked for connoisseurs of Chinese porcelain imperial and otherwise one of the most desirable possessions. Created in the ChengHua Reign (1465-1487), when quality was at its peak and quantities produced at their lowest, chicken cups are outstanding in their tactile material, their wide range of colors, and their charming, unmannered painting style. The present cup has a long history in the West, going back to the 1950s and comes now from the Meiyintang collection, one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics. THE ORIGINAL LIKE THIS AS BEEN SOLD $38,000,000USD

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