A WHITE GLAZED ANHUA DECORATED STEM CUP, YUAN DYNASTY China, 1279-1368. Well potted with shallow sides flaring to an everted rim, supported on a hollow splayed cylindrical foot, the interior molded with a band of lappets comprising stylized bats. Covered overall with an even white glaze save for the unglazed foot ring revealing the buff ware.

Provenance: Bluett & Sons according to label on fitted box. Ex R.F.A. Riesco (1877-1964) collection according to da Silva notes and collection label on the base. Sotheby’s, 11 December 1974, lot 286 according to da Silva notes. Bought by Helen Expir according to da Silva notes. J.B. da Silva (1918-2003), acquired from the above and thence by descent within the same family. Bluett & Sons was an important dealer of Chinese works of art, founded by brothers Leonard and Edgar Bluett and later continued by Leonard’s son Roger Bluett, who was president of the British Antique Dealers’ Association, of which his father and uncle were founding members in 1919, during the mid-1970s. Roger Bluett was also Chairman of the Grosvenor House Antiques, first Chairman of the ceramics course at West Dean and first Chairman of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.
Exhibited: Oriental Ceramic Society, Hong Kong, 1979, Plate No. 70, according to J.B. da Silva notes.
Condition: With old wear and traces of use. Firing flaws such as pitting, minor dark spots, glaze recesses, firing cracks and kiln grit. The mouth rim with a small chip and a short hairline, the foot rim with a further chip.

Weight: 100 g
Dimensions: Height 9 cm, Diameter 9 cm

With an old fitted box bearing a Bluett & Sons label (2)

Auction result comparison: Compare a related stem cup, also dated to the Yuan Dynasty, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Chinese Art on 30 May 2018, lot 379, sold for HKD 275,000.


元代白釉暗花高足杯
中國，1279-1368年。高足杯分為上下兩部分，上部為盃體，口外撇，用來盛酒，下部為高足，具有放置和使用時手執的功用。杯内暗紋，飾蝙蝠紋。通體施卵白釉，圈足露胎。

來源：根據盒子上的標籤Bluett & Sons ；Ex R.F.A. Riesco (1877-1964) 收藏，根據da Silva 的注釋和底部收藏標籤；蘇富比，1974年12月11日lot 286 ，根據da Silva 注釋。根據da Silva 的注釋，Helen Expir 購買。John Burke da Silva (1918-2003) 收藏，購於上述藝廊，保存在同一家族至今。Bluett & Sons是中國藝術品的重要經銷商，藝廊由Leonard 與Edgar Bluett兄弟共同創立，後來由Leonard的兒子Roger Bluett繼承，他是英國古董商協會的主席，他的父親和叔叔是該協會1919 年的創始成員。1970 年代中期，Roger Bluett 還是 Grosvenor 大宅古玩博覽會的主席、West Dean 陶瓷課程的第一任主席和巴斯東亞藝術博物館的第一任主席。
展覽：根據da Silva 注釋，曾於1979年在香港東方陶瓷學展出，展品編號70。
品相：磨損和使用痕跡。 燒製瑕疵，如點蝕、小黑點、釉面凹陷、燒成裂紋和窯砂。 口部邊緣有小缺損和短裂紋，足緣有更深的磕損。

重量：100 克
尺寸：高9 厘米, 直徑9 厘米

配置的老盒上有Bluett & Sons 標籤。 (2)

拍賣結果比較：比較一件相近的元代高足杯，見香港蘇富比Chinese Art 2018年5月30日 lot 379, 售價 HKD 275,000。