Author: --
Size: H5.3cm;W11cm
Signed and dated: Qianlong Period,Qing Dynasty
Estimate:
Final Price: RMB 240,000
Of octagonal form, the cup has a narrow splayed foot. The front and back decorated in shallow relief with a circular medallion of an archaistic dragon holding a lingzhi, with further sprays of ling fungus on the corners devided by a pair of archaistic scrool handles. The even glaze of light celadon green leaves free the underside of the foot, which is dressed with a brown wash.
ILLUSTRATED
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol.2, no.868