A DOUCAI ‘WANG XIZHI’ PORCELAIN CUP China, Qing...

A DOUCAI ‘WANG XIZHI’ PORCELAIN CUP
China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period
Delicately potted with deep rounded sides resting on a countersunk base, the exterior brilliantly enamelled with a continuous scene depicting Wang Xizhi dressed in a red robe and seated on a willow tree trunk, gazing at a wild geese frolicking on a pond. The below inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.
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Notes:
1. Cups painted with this elegant design include one from the collection of Peter Boode, sold twice at Sotheby’s London, United Kingdom, 1974/12/2-3, lot 191, and 1977/07/05, lot 259, and another one sold at Sotheby’s New York, 2012/09/11, lot 42, for USD68.500 BP incl.
2. For the prototype of this motif, see a pair of Chenghua mark and period cups, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu/ Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 56.

斗彩“王羲之”瓷杯
中国，清康熙年间