A Fine Doucai Chicken Cup, Period Of Qing
SKU:
1310108
HK$2,000.00
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Description
Collectible Introduction
Delicately potted with flawless translucent sides flaring out from the countersunk base to a subtly everted rim, the exterior painted in faint outlines of cobalt blue under the glaze and picked out in overglaze enamels of yellow, green, light and dark olive green, and two tones of iron red with a lively continuous scene of a red rooster and his golden hen out in a garden with their chicks, one side of the cup depicting the rooster with his head turned back to see the hen pecking at a red-winged insect on the ground as one of the chicks looks on, while the other two chicks chase each other around a small patch of leaves, the reverse with the proud rooster arching his neck forward raising his head with his beak slightly opened as if to crow, while the hen tends to their brood of chicks, the hen hunched over pecking at a red-winged insect on the ground as one of the chicks stands on her back and the other two peep for attention in the foreground, the two scenes divided on one side by jagged underglaze blue rocks and yellow lily flowers with bright green leaves, the other side with a rose bush issuing brilliant red flowers and lush leaves next to a blue garden rock, the entire cup painted in an artless style further reflected in the six-character reign mark in underglaze blue framed within double squares inscribed on the countersunk base, the immaculate porcelain body covered with a characteristic silky glaze, pooling on the base slightly veiling the mark
6.5 cm (dia) x 3.2 cm (h)
Related Auction Record
In 08/04/2014 Sotheby's Hong Kong Auction, a An Exceptionally Important and Fine Doucai 'Chicken Cup' Mark and Period of Chenghua was sold for HK$281,240,000.- (Lot. 545)
Ref: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2014/meiyintang-chicken-cup-hk0545.html
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Delicately potted with flawless translucent sides flaring out from the countersunk base to a subtly everted rim, the exterior painted in faint outlines of cobalt blue under the glaze and picked out in overglaze enamels of yellow, green, light and dark olive green, and two tones of iron red with a lively continuous scene of a red rooster and his golden hen out in a garden with their chicks, one side of the cup depicting the rooster with his head turned back to see the hen pecking at a red-winged insect on the ground as one of the chicks looks on, while the other two chicks chase each other around a small patch of leaves, the reverse with the proud rooster arching his neck forward raising his head with his beak slightly opened as if to crow, while the hen tends to their brood of chicks, the hen hunched over pecking at a red-winged insect on the ground as one of the chicks stands on her back and the other two peep for attention in the foreground, the two scenes divided on one side by jagged underglaze blue rocks and yellow lily flowers with bright green leaves, the other side with a rose bush issuing brilliant red flowers and lush leaves next to a blue garden rock, the entire cup painted in an artless style further reflected in the six-character reign mark in underglaze blue framed within double squares inscribed on the countersunk base, the immaculate porcelain body covered with a characteristic silky glaze, pooling on the base slightly veiling the mark
6.5 cm (dia) x 3.2 cm (h)
Related Auction Record
In 08/04/2014 Sotheby's Hong Kong Auction, a An Exceptionally Important and Fine Doucai 'Chicken Cup' Mark and Period of Chenghua was sold for HK$281,240,000.- (Lot. 545)
Ref: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2014/meiyintang-chicken-cup-hk0545.html
To Buy, Reserve or View The Collectible
If you are interested in buying, reserving or viewing this collectible, please fill in the booking form or send email to [email protected] with SKU No. of the collectible and your contacts, we will contact you shortly.