Chinese celadon glaze sake cup with shou symbols, Qing dynasty (1644-1912)

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Chinese celadon glaze sake cup with shou symbols, Qing dynasty (1644-1912)

A Chinese celadon glazed cup, the curved walls above a short foot and flaring outwards slightly at the rim decorated in underglaze blue with six identical auspicious characters, the base unglazed and with a recessed foot. There are no easy parallels for this bowl, although there are various straight sided bowls with underglaze blue Chinese characters, optimistically marked as from the Xuande dynasty (1425-1435), and most likely modern. The celadon glaze here is of fine quality with minute bubbles (see especially images 3 & 5) and the form of the foot, with its recessed base is most unusual, indeed seemingly without parallel. The underglaze blue characters are for ‘shou’ (壽), meaning ‘longevity’, and often used either in character or abstract circular form as a decorative motif. Care has clearly been taken here and the paste of the foot is most certainly Chinese but while dating is highly uncertain it is unlikely to be later than the early twentieth century. The base has two scratched marks ( ‘A’ ‘R’??) which might be those of the bowl’s one time owner. Perhaps its next owner will be lucky enough to discover rather more about it!
Size: Ht 3.5cm, Diam 7.5cm, Base 3.2cm
Weight: 80gm
Date: 1900
Condition: Excellent condition, no issues
Estimate: £30 – 40

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