A Ming-style doucai 'Chicken' cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's
with deeply rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior painted with chicken and chicks separated by blue rocks amidst flowers, all between blue borders, apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double square. Diameter 3 1/4 in., 8.2 cm. Estimation 10,000 — 15,000. Lot vendu: 74,500 USD
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th October 1991, lot 203.
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