FOURTEEN BLANC-DE-CHINE CUPS 17th/18th century
The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
FOURTEEN BLANC-DE-CHINE CUPS
17th/18th century
Variously moulded with blossoming prunus branches, butterflies amongst foliage, the Eight Horses, one incised with lotus sprays and one of plain lobed form.
The largest 11cm (4 3/8in) wide. (14).
十七/十八世紀 德化白瓷盃 十四件
Provenance: One small moulded cup: G. de Menasce (1890-1967) collection, no. 355, Spink & Son Ltd., London.
For a pair of Dehua stem cups, see Kerr and Ayres Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, cat no 147.
A selection of related cups are illustrated in E. Stroeber, La Maladie de Porcelaine ... East Asian Porcelain From The Collection of Augustus the Strong, 2001, pp. 116-7, cat. no.50, where it is noted that they were listed on the inventory of 1721.
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The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
FOURTEEN BLANC-DE-CHINE CUPS
17th/18th century
Variously moulded with blossoming prunus branches, butterflies amongst foliage, the Eight Horses, one incised with lotus sprays and one of plain lobed form.
The largest 11cm (4 3/8in) wide. (14).
十七/十八世紀 德化白瓷盃 十四件
Provenance: One small moulded cup: G. de Menasce (1890-1967) collection, no. 355, Spink & Son Ltd., London.
For a pair of Dehua stem cups, see Kerr and Ayres Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, cat no 147.
A selection of related cups are illustrated in E. Stroeber, La Maladie de Porcelaine ... East Asian Porcelain From The Collection of Augustus the Strong, 2001, pp. 116-7, cat. no.50, where it is noted that they were listed on the inventory of 1721.
