Lot 72 A Chinese blue and white stem cup with floral design

A Chinese blue and white stem cup with floral design

Yongzheng

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€ 4.000 – € 8.000

OH: H. 6,1 cm, Diam. 8,7 cm

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Finely potted and raised on a flared foot decorated with lingzhi sprays within panels, the cup is similarly decorated on the exterior with six vertical panels containing various flowering branches and fruiting sprays, divided by narrow line borders. The lobed rim is painted with a floral border, repeated on the interior, surrounding a central medallion decorated with a flowering spray enclosed within a double circle. The interior of the foot bears a six-character Xuande mark in underglaze cobalt blue.
杯呈花瓣形，外壁分設六組開光，內以青花分繪各式折枝花卉及果實，開光之間以細線相隔，下承外撇高足，足部開光內繪折枝靈芝。花口內外均環飾花卉紋，杯心青花雙圈內繪折枝花卉。高足內書青花「大明宣德年製」六字款。
Provenance:
The Warren E. Cox Collection, New York, with an old label to the base.
The Demets Collection, Aalst.
Marc Michot, Bruges.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 2013. (see added scan)