Two blue and white cups. Mid 17th century - image-1

Lot 522 Dα

Two blue and white cups. Mid 17th century

Auction 1034 - overview Cologne
13.06.2014, 14:00 - Chinese Paintings, Works of Art, Porcelain, Ceramics of Art, Snuff Bottle
Estimate: 600 €
Result: 854 € (incl. premium)

Two blue and white cups. Mid 17th century

Two blue and white cups, painted to the exterior in underglaze-blue with a) the Three Friends: pine, bamboo, prunus, b) two orchids. Both with apocryphal six-character mark Chenghua. Mid 17th century. (2)
Height 4.8 cm

Provenance

Wolfgang Nolting, Southern Germany (purchased at the Gallery Tung-Fa Tseng, Stuttgart, 1984 and R & G McPherson Antiques, London, June 2006)
One cup: Ex coll. Axel Vervoordt
Two paper labels: The Hatcher Collection, Christie’s, Amsterdam, June 84 und The Hatcher Collection, Axel Vervoordt