Ten painted enamel small square ceremonial wine cups. Canton. 18th century - image-1

Lot 80 Dα

Ten painted enamel small square ceremonial wine cups. Canton. 18th century

Auction 1190 - overview Cologne
11.12.2021, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.500 €
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Ten painted enamel small square ceremonial wine cups. Canton. 18th century

All with indented corners and painted in the colours of famille rose with figures in a landscape, three with the same motif, two each with the same motiv and one displaying a landscape. Four cups with the same poem and signed with two seals. On cup restored to the inside, one cup with cracks.
Height 3.3 cm; width 4.7 cm

清十八世紀
廣東粉彩銅胎畫琺瑯山水人物紋杯（一組十件）
一類例可較，錄於：《Chinese Painted Enamel》The China Institute in America，紐約，1969年，圖42
來源：德國黑森州私人收藏，出自赫斯特公司（Hoechst）收藏遺產，蒐集於二十世紀上半葉，後由家族繼承

Provenance

Private collection, Hesse, from the estate of the founding family of Farbwerke Hoechst, assembled in the first half of the 20th century, thence in the family by descent

Literature

Compare similar cups, illustrated in: Chinese Painted Enamels, The China Institute in America, New York 1969, fig. 42