AN EXTREMELY RARE RUBY-GROUND 'YANGCAI' CUP AND A CUPSTAND SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG the cup delicately potted with deep sides resting on a straight foot, the exterior finely painted with four large floral blooms borne on stylised meandering scrolls, all reserved on a ruby-red ground further incised with fine sgraffiato feathered scrolls, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, the saucer with shallow rounded sides rising to a wide everted rim picked out with florets and scrolls on a white ground, the interior centred with a countersunk well encircled by a raised ridge enclosing a gilt-decorated shou character roundel against a turquoise ground, the cavetto similarly decorated with floral blooms issuing from scrolling foliate stems, reserved on a ruby-red ground with sgraffiato feathered scrolls, the underside similarly decorated with prunus florets against a ruby-red sgraffiato ground, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, wood stand cup (diameter) 5.6 cm, 2 1/8 in; saucer 12.1 cm, 4 3/4 in.
AN EXTREMELY RARE RUBY-GROUND 'YANGCAI' CUP AND A CUPSTAND SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG the cup delicately potted with deep sides resting on a straight foot, the exterior finely painted with four large floral blooms borne on stylised meandering scrolls, all reserved on a ruby-red ground further incised with fine sgraffiato feathered scrolls, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, the saucer with shallow rounded sides rising to a wide everted rim picked out with florets and scrolls on a white ground, the interior centred with a countersunk well encircled by a raised ridge enclosing a gilt-decorated shou character roundel against a turquoise ground, the cavetto similarly decorated with floral blooms issuing from scrolling foliate stems, reserved on a ruby-red ground with sgraffiato feathered scrolls, the underside similarly decorated with prunus florets against a ruby-red sgraffiato ground, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, wood stand cup (diameter) 5.6 cm, 2 1/8 in; saucer 12.1 cm, 4 3/4 in.
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