Author: --
Size: D9.2cm
Signed and dated: Kangxi Period,Qing Dynasty
Estimate:
Final Price: RMB 1,300,000
Kangxi Six-Character Mark
The cup was delicately potted in deep U-shaped with a flared lip and a straight foot, the exterior painted in underglaze blue with five finely executed phoenix medallions. Each depicting a bird with head turned in the opposite direction of the long wavy tail, its wings spread, and legs thinly pencilled, the interior centred with a conforming phoenix medallion. The base was inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double ring in underglaze blue.
ILLUSTRATED
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol.4, no.1708.