Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-80).

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot 131.

來源：

仇焱之（1910-80年）收藏

香港蘇富比1980年11月25日，編號131

Sekai Toji Zenshu [Ceramic ꦕArt of the World], vol. 14: Ming, Tokyo, 1976, p. 189, fig. 44 right. 

出版：

《世界陶瓷全集》，卷14：明，東京，1976年，頁189，圖44右

Three Thousand Years of China: The Beauty of Beauty, Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1973, cat. no. 77.

展覽：

《中國三千年美の美》，三越，東京，1973年，編號77

Delicately painted with butterflies fluttering above flowering lily plants, the present pair of charming cups is a tes𓆏tament of the Qing Emperor’s penchant for classic styles of the past. Their fine and thinly potted bodies, smooth glaze, and delicate decorations were inspired by prototypes of the Chenghua reign, which were especially treasured by the Kangxi and Yongzheng Emperors.

Compare a related Changhua mark bowl with a similar doucai decoration, illustrated in Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, Hong Kong Oriental Ceramic Society, Hong Kong, 1977, cat. no. 57. For the Chenghua prototype of this design, see a doucai cup illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ming Dynasty. Porcelain of the National Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1966, pl. 17.