A SIMILAR PAIR OF CHINESE CELADON GLAZED STEMCUPS,... Lot n° 42

Each sturdily potted cups stands on a high foot imitating bamboo. The interior of one is decorated with an impressed flower spray. Each vessel is covered overall with an unctuous green glaze. The stem cups are 11 cm. and 11.5 cm. high CATALOGUE NOTE Compare with similar pieces in J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 463, pls.16:2 and 16:3 and J. Ayers, The Chinese Porcelain Collection of Marie Vergottis, Lausanne, 2004, p. 30, pl.9.