Lot 111

Overall condition good. No visible repairs. Minor chips to rim on smaller dehua cup. Hairline to base of larger dehua cup.


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The collection of the late Patricia Begg, OAM
Guy Jones Collection, London; no. 1106.
R McPherson Antiques, 1998 (Magnolia cup)

For a similar example of the magnolia cup see Rose Kerr & John Ayers, Blanc de Chine, porcelain from Dehua, Chicago 2002, no. 122; & P.J Donnelly, Blanc De Chine, Faber & Faber, 1969; no. 69.

The description ‘Magnolia Blossom Cup' is named by Donnelly as he believed that it had a magnolia shape profile.