A BLUE AND WHITE WINE CUP, CHENGHUA SIX CHARACTER MARK AND O...

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£1,500 - £2,500

A BLUE AND WHITE WINE CUP,
CHENGHUA SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
明成化 青花莲纹杯 大明成化年制 
the sides painted in tones of underglaze blue and lotus
5.8cm diameter

PROVENANCE: Orientique Gallery, Hong Kong. From the private collection of a British collector who lived and worked in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan for over 30 years. During this time, he travelled extensively throughout Asia in his work, and in free time studied and collected Asian Arts and Culture.

NOTE: For a similar Doucai cup, see A Legacy of Chenghua Reigh Excavated from Zushan Jongdhezen, Tsui Museum of Art, 1993. p, 265, C88.

This was an Imperial Jingdezhen kiln reject and would have received additional Doucai enamelling

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The piece has been smashed and repaired with some in-fill in places (clearly visible in the image)