[DRINKING CULTURE] CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH' STEM CUP MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD

明萬曆 青花魚藻紋高足杯

the deep cup set on a flaring foot, painted on the exterior with various fish and aquatic plants on crashing waves, the interior with a conch in a roundel, the base painted with a double-circle

Dimensions:

7.2cm diameter

Provenance:

Private English collection, East Sussex;

The base with a label ‘Oriental Ceramics Socy. 1954 Exhib'N. 199’, indicating the piece was exhibited at The Oriental Ceramics Society 1954 Exhibition, Number 199.

英格蘭私人收藏，東薩塞克斯郡；

器底附標籤「Oriental Ceramics Socy. 1954 Exhib'N. 199」，顯示此器曾參展東方陶瓷學會1954年展覽，展品編號199。

Footnote:

A closely comparable blue and white stem cup, similarly decorated in ‘pencil-style’ with four distinct fish, further with silver mounts, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, is illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London: British Museum, 2001, pl. 11.7, museum registration no. 1928,0719.1. Another blue and white stem cup, painted with five magical creatures on waves, Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark, probably Wanli period, recovered from the shipwreck of the Dutch East Indiaman the Witte Leeuw [White Lion], illustrated ibid. pl. 11.6, museum registration no. 1921,1107.1. Also see another blue and white stem cup, painted with sea animals on waves, Ming dynasty, Xuande mark, probably Wanli period, illustrated ibid. pl. 11.5 in the museum registration no. 1925,1022.1.