TWO DEHUA CUPS

TWO DEHUA CUPS
18th/19th century
The first of inverted bell shape, the exterior molded with three blossoming prunus sprigs, supported on a tapered foot ring surrounding the stepped foot; the second made to resemble a rhinoceros horn cup, of ovoid section, with a flared lip, supported on three short conical feet, the glaze on one side of the exterior incised with one line from a poem by Ming dynasty poet Yuan Hongdao and two seals one reading Shizi, the other in the shape of a leaf, the other side incised with a crane beneath the glaze, one seal on the foot reading Zixin.
The taller 4in (10cm) high (2).