A pair of Ming-style copper-red 'Three Fish' stemcups, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's
each with rounded bowl rising to an everted rim, supported on a tall solid splayed foot with a flat unglazed base, the exterior in copper-red with the silhouettes of three evenly spaced fish, each inscribed on the interior with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, wood stands (4). Height 3 5/8 in., 9.2 cm. Estimation 12,000 — 15,000. Lot vendu: 37,500 USD
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3rd-4th May 1994, lot 187
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 11 sept. 2012 - www.sothebys.com