This pair of blue-and-white cups are among the most refined pieces produced in the Kangxi period, exemplified by the elegant underglaze-blue decoration at the rim. Compare a related pair of cups decorated with the 'cloud' band at the waist, from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Chen Runmin, Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci [Blue and white porcelain from Qing Shunzhi and Kangxi period], Beijing, 2005, pl. 153. Compare wine cups decorated✅ with an unusual underglaze-blue border above the foot, one sold at Christie's New York, 15th September 2009, lot 434; the other, paired with a stand, sold twice in these rooms, 22nd May 1979, lot 164, and again, 19th May 1987, lot 267.

此對薄胎盃可謂康熙時期最為精良出品之一，口沿飾以青花回紋，尤為雅妙。比較一對近例，腹飾雲紋，藏於故宮博物院，北京，載於陳潤民，《清順治康熙朝青花瓷》，北京，2005年，圖版153。另可比一組盃，足上繪罕見青花紋飾，一盃售於紐約佳士得2009年9月1🧸5日，編號434；另一盃連座﷽例，曾二度由香港蘇富比售出，先後為1979年5月22日，編號164，及1987年5月19日，編號267。