A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE STEM CUP

TRANSITIONAL C.1640

The deep U-shaped body raised on a tall flared foot, decorated with a scene of three boys playing with a kite in a rocky setting above sprays of bamboo, the interior of the foot with paper labels reading 'K R M 67', '159' and '401204', 11cm.

Provenance: formerly the collection of K R Malcolm, no.67; and then a British private collection, purchased from Bonhams London on 13th June 2002, lot 15.

Cf. R S Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, p.146, no.93 for a related stem cup with similar bamboo decoration and a comparable border encircling the rim.