A blue and white ‘soft-paste’ beaker
Yongzheng, possibly later
Bell-shaped, the exterior with a decoration of a mountainous landscape with some houses by a river. Four-character mark Chenghua.
H. 10.2 cm
Provenance:
– Collection W.W. Winkworth, England
– Collection P.J. Donnelly, England
– Auction Christie’s London, 10 March 1980, lot 26
– Collection J.M. Kater (1907-1986), Monster
– By descent to the present owner
Literature:
S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, Faber & Faber, London, 1959 pl. XVII, 1 (as Yongzheng) and in Arts of Asia, March-April 1982, page 118, ill. 6 (as early Yongzheng)