清雍正 檸檬黃釉盃一對 雙圈六字楷書款清雍正 檸檬黃釉盃一對 雙圈六字楷書款3 7⁄8 in. (9.9 cm) diam.Details A PAIR OF IMPERIAL LEMON-YELLOW-ENAMELLED CUPSYONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)The cups are of ‘bubble’ shape and delicately potted with shallow sides rising from a small foot ring. The exterior is covered in a vibrant pale lemon-yellow enamel stopping just above the foot and mouth rim.3 7⁄8 in. (9.9 cm) diam. Provenance Collection of Eli LillySold at Sotheby's New York, 1-2 June 1993, lot 334 Literature Robert Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and Julian Thompson: Imperial Perfection.The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 250, no. 100 Exhibited On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003 - 2020Yellow-enamelled cups of this exact shape are relatively rare. A single cup from the collection of Dr. Ip Yee, was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition, An Anthology of Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1980, no. 128. Another pair of yellow-enamelled cups with four-character Yongzheng marks, in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, is illustrated by Jan Wirgin, Chinese Ceramics from the Axel and Nora Lundgren Bequest, 1978, pl. 59a, no. 79. A related pair of lemon-yellow-enamelled 'bubble' cups with Yongzheng marks, from the Paul and Helen Bernat collection, were sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15 November 1988, lot 59; another pair from a private English collection sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 702. A single yellow-enamelled cup was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3300. Another single cup was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22 April 2021, lot 12.