Sold Ceramics - Sold Blue and White Kangxi Period Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 1662-1722 - Page 2

Object 2010955

Teacup and saucer

China

c.1700

Height of teacup 52 mm (1.14 inch), diameter of rim 81 mm (2.20 inch), diameter of footring 40 mm (1.18 inch) 

Height of saucer 21 mm (0.59 inch), diameter of rim 132 mm (3.54 inch), diameter of footring 66 mm (1.97 inch)

Teacup and saucer on footrings with curving spirally rims fluted in eight lobes. Decorated in underglaze blue with a scholar on horseback riding through a river landscape, an attendant walking behind walking behind holding a parasol. A fortress with a brick wall in the background. On the sides and rim radiating panels with a scholar on horseback alternating with a pagoda in a landscape. On the reverse eight flower sprays. Marked on the base with the symbol mark: Flower, the symbol for purity in a double circle, underglaze blue. The teacup is decorated en suite.

Condition teacup: Two tiny fleabites to the rim.

Condition saucer: Three fleabites, three frits and a hairline to the rim.

Price: Sold.