A RARE MING-STYLE DOUCAI 'CHICKEN' CUP
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
A RARE MING-STYLE DOUCAI 'CHICKEN' CUP KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722) The cup is finely potted in imitation of its Ming prototype with gently flared sides, and is well-rendered around the exterior in soft translucent enamels and underglaze-blue tones to depict two cockerel-and-hen groups, each group observing their chicks foraging for food. They are divided on one side by iron-red roses growing from ornamental rocks, and the other by bamboo and lily, all between underglaze-blue double lines at the rim and a single line above the footless base. 3. 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam.
A RARE MING-STYLE DOUCAI 'CHICKEN' CUP
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
A RARE MING-STYLE DOUCAI 'CHICKEN' CUP KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722) The cup is finely potted in imitation of its Ming prototype with gently flared sides, and is well-rendered around the exterior in soft translucent enamels and underglaze-blue tones to depict two cockerel-and-hen groups, each group observing their chicks foraging for food. They are divided on one side by iron-red roses growing from ornamental rocks, and the other by bamboo and lily, all between underglaze-blue double lines at the rim and a single line above the footless base. 3. 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam.
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