A set of four cups, China, presumably Republic.
Decorated with a boy, rooster, hen and chickens as well as a long story. Two with Qianlong underglaze sealmark, two with overglaze sealmark. Height 7-7,3 cm.
Wear.
Provenance
From the Collection of Rut Nordström, a Swedish Antique dealer in Stockholm opening her store in the 1950's. Situated at Munkbron in Old Town. Thence by descent.
Literature
Compare a similar example illustrated by Rosemary Scott; For the Imperial Court, Qing Porcelain from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, p 98, pl. 33.
More information
The inscription refers to the wonders of earlier ceramics, especially of the Xuande period and the chicken cups of the Chenghua period. It praises the skill of enamelling.
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