Fine Asian Art - 11th November 2025

Lot 195

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'FLOWERS' STEM CUP

Estimate £8,000 - £10,000 | Hammer £10160

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Description

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'FLOWERS' STEM CUP
17TH CENTURY

Raised on a tapering foot painted with three lingzhi sprigs, the U-shaped bowl painted to the exterior with peony and lotus blooms, the interior painted with a further floral roundel, with a six-character Xuande mark, with a wood stand. (2)

Formally in the collection of Mr and Mrs M S Whitehouse.

Cf. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, accession no. OC.91-1946 for a very similar example with a Xuande mark. See also The British Museum, accession no. 1947,0712.175 for another related example dated to the Wanli period and with a Xuande mark.

十七世紀 青花如意花卉紋高足杯
來源：Whitehouse伉儷舊藏。