A Chinese blue and white wine cup, Kangxi six-character mark and probably period
Of inverted bell form, painted with a scene of two ducks on the water beside a flowering lotus, four lines of verse on the nature of lotus roots verso.
5cm high

Footnote:
A similar mark and period wine cup was sold in these rooms, 16 September 2020, lot 459. For a comparative example see also Christie's London Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 15 May 2018, lot 198.

Condition Report

Good condition with no discernible damage.

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