Asian Art Day Two - 20th May 2010

Lot 823

A Chinese famille rose U-shaped cup

Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £13000

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Description

A Chinese famille rose U-shaped cup, painted with a boy in a garden with a large chicken between blue rock work and flowers, the reverse with seventeen rows of calligraphy, the base with a six character Qianlong mark, but later, 8.1cm wide. Cf. Allen, Introduction to Later Chinese Porcelain, p.164 for similar examples.