TWO CHINESE IMPERIAL ‘DRAGON’ WINE CUPS

TWO CHINESE IMPERIAL ‘DRAGON’ WINE CUPS
SIX CHARACTER MARKS OF DAOGUANG AND XIANFENG AND OF THE PERIOD

The former painted with two green scaly dragons, the latter with a pair of iron-red dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, both above breaking waves and sea spray, later wood stands, 5.2cm & 4.8cm high. (4)

Provenance: the collection of Monsieur Jacques Millett, 1923-84, and thence by descent. Monsieur Jacques Millett was an avid collector of Chinese art, Antiquities, and African art, buying in the 1960s and 1970s.

Cf. S Marchant, Recent Acquisitions, 2008, pp.100-101, no.45, for a pair of identical Xianfeng cups formerly in the collection of Warren Stratford Trevors. In the catalogue, Marchant notes that ‘Imperial production during the Xianfeng reign occurred only for three years due to the Taiping rebellion.’

清光緒及咸豐 礬紅及綠彩趕珠龍紋杯
《大清光緒年製》及《大清咸豐年製》款
來源: Monsieur Jacques Millett (1923-84) 私人收藏，之後由其後人繼承。Monsieur Jacques Millett是熱愛中國藝術、古董和非洲藝術的收藏家，其藏品購於1960至1970年代。