Lot description
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL MING-STYLE DOUCAI ‘BAOXIANG’ CUPS Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period Each finely potted with gently flared sides rising from a short tapered foot, the exterior exquisitely decorated with four radiating Ming-style baoxiang blossoms borne on meandering foliate scrolls, all painted in soft underglaze-blue outline, framing the delicate bright translucent iron-red, yellow, aubergine and light coral-red enamels, all within double underglaze-blue line borders, the interior plain, the base inscribed in underglaze-blue with a six-character kaishu reign mark within double squares. Each 7.4cm (2 7/8in) diam. (2).
