Asian Art II - 21st May 2025

Lot 730

TEN CHINESE LATER-ENAMELLED DEHUA CUPS AND ANOTHER CUP

Estimate £500 - £1,000

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Description

TEN CHINESE LATER-ENAMELLED DEHUA CUPS AND ANOTHER CUP
MOST 17TH CENTURY

11.5cm max. (11)

WITHOUT RESERVE
本拍品不設底價。

From the Helen Espir Collection.



Comprising: five libation cups all of oval flared form with moulded foliate and animal motifs, four later-enamelled, two of which raised on stem feet, the plain cup with a label for 'Robert McPherson Antiques 25169', another with a label for 'Geoffrey Waters, London'; three octagonal beakers all later-enamelled with foliate designs, two moulded with lappets and seal marks to the base; and three U-shaped beakers all moulded with flowering prunus branches and later-enamelled, one with a label for 'R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 23298 Dando Coll'; ten of the eleven cups with 'HMEC' or 'Helen Espir Collection labels'.

From the Helen Espir Collection, no. 731, 930, 958, 960, 964, 969, 979, 958, 980, 1027, 1033.