Chinese Porcelain Chenghua Ming Cup & Lid
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Description
A fine antique Chinese porcelain and enamel cup with matching lid. The cup and lid each signed in underglaze blue with Chinese calligraphy denoting Ming Dynasty, Chenghua reign. Overall colorful famille rose enamel decoration depicting butterflies among an abundant array of flowers and foliage. The cup measures 4.25" diameter, 2" high. The lid measures 4" diameter, 1.25" high. The interior of the cup additionally bears a Jian Ding (certified) wax seal. This approval seal from the Shanghai Cultural Relics Bureau #3 and from the CCP era (Chinese Communist Party era).
CONDITION NOTE: some glaze hairlines to edges of the lid, a pin sized nick with 1/2" hairline at rim of cup, see photos.
CONDITION NOTE: some glaze hairlines to edges of the lid, a pin sized nick with 1/2" hairline at rim of cup, see photos.
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Chinese Porcelain Chenghua Ming Cup & Lid
Estimate $300 - $400
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