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Chinese blanc de chine libation cup, Kangxi (1662-1722), with flared rim, on a moulded foot in the form of twisted branches, with applied boughs of flowering prunus.
Diameter: 10.5cm (4 1/8in.); height: 7cm. (2 3/4in.)
Condition: one small crack on either side of cup where branch splits and joins foot.
Notes: For illustrated examples of similar blanc de chine cups see Ayers, John, ‘Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen’ vol 1, p.73 pl.112-125. Traditionally, libation cups were used as communal drinking vessels at important ceremonial occasions. The prunus on this example represents the start of spring after a long cold winter.
Provenance: The base with R.G. label with stock number 316.
Dimensions
Diameter: 10.5cm (4 1/8in.); height: 7cm. (2 3/4in.)Condition report
One small crack on either side of cup where branch splits and joins footStock number
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