A Chinese blue and white stem cup with floral design, Xuande...

Hammer

€12,500

A Chinese blue and white stem cup with floral design, Xuande mark, Yongzheng

Dia.: 8,7 cm - H.: 6,1 cm

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)

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.

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