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A Chinese blue-and-white cup, Xuantong eight-character studio…
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Sydney
Date:
22-Mar-2015
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A Chinese blue-and-white cup, Xuantong eight-character studio mark and of the period, dated 1909 8 cm diam. Provenance: NSW private collection, purchased in 1993 Ex R and V. Tregaskis Note: For a cup with identical design of a different year mark by the same studio, see Lot 65, Wilson, Ming (1998) Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics: a joint exhibition from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum, 19 November 1998 to 28 May 1999, London, P.150-151. According to Wilson, Yichun Tang (Hall of Appropriate Spring) was the studio name of Liu Shiheng (1875 - 1937), whose father was assistant to Li Hongzhang (1823 - 1901), one of the most influential ministers of the 19th-century China. An unofficial history describes Liu Shiheng as an ardent collector of antiques. During the Xuantong reign, he placed two orders for porcelain - one in 1909 and the other in 1910, thus objects with Yichun Tang mark have either the cyclical year jiyou or gengxu to them. Based on published material all Yichun Tang pieces are blue and white wares. 1993 R and V. Tregaskis, 1998 99 65 Wilson, Ming (1998) Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics: a joint exhibition from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum, 19 November 1998 to 28 May 1999, London, P.150-151. Wilson (1875 - 1937)
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