The outside of the cup is inscribed in underglaze copper red with ten characters indecipherable in cursive writing between two lines, in the center of the inside has another character; is covered by a translucent enamel overall except for the inside and the base of the hollow stem foot.
Provenance: from an Italian private collection.
Catalog notes:
An almost identical object was sold by Christie’s, live auction 17741, An Important Collection of Chinese Ceramics from a Private Collection, Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot. 2929.
For a similar object see also the object exhibited at the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Exhibition of Trade Ceramics, Article 89.
See also Chinese Blue and White Ceramics, S.T. Yeo & Jean Martin, Arts Orientalis, 1978, p. 96, pl. 2, no.
高脚瓷杯,中国,元代(1279-1368)