Fine Asian Art

A COPPER-RED PORCELAIN STEM CUP, China, Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)

h cm 9,3 x d cm 8

The outside of the cup is inscribed in underglaze copper red with ten characters indecipherable in cursive writing between two lines, in the center of the inside has another character; is covered by a translucent enamel overall except for the inside and the base of the hollow stem foot.

Provenance: from a private collection, Italy.

Catalog notes:

An almost identical object was sold by Christie’s, live auction 17741, An Important Collection of Chinese Ceramics from a Private Collection, Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot. 2929.

For a similar object see also the object exhibited at the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Exhibition of Trade Ceramics, Article 89. See also Chinese Blue and White Ceramics, S.T. Yeo & Jean Martin, Arts Orientalis, 1978, p. 96, pl. 2, no.

白釉高脚杯，中国，元