A PAIR OF PRUNUS AND MAGNOLIA DEHUA WINE CUPS

Description:

China, Chongzhen to early Kangxi period c.1640 - 1680
L. 11,8 cm
Old European private collection, bought 20.2.1989 from Perotto, Via Gesù in Milano
A similar cup is preserved in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen in the Royal Collection Trust. For another very similar blanc de chine porcelain cup see : Blanc de Chine (P.J. Donnelly, Faber and Faber, 1969) Illustration 27 and a painting by Leonard Knyff of 1681 showing a similar wine cup with European works of art (27a). For another blanc de chine porcelain cup of this type see : Blanc de Chine, Porcelain From Dehua, A Catalogue of the Hickley Collection, Singapore (Rose Kerr & John Ayers, Art Media Resources Ltd, 2002) Item 122
Very minor wear, good condition