A YELLOW-GLAZED CUP

MING DYNASTY, SIX-CHARACTER JIAJING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

HEIGHT: 3.5CM;

DIAMETER: 6.5CM

The cup is well-potted with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently flared rim. The interior and exterior are applied with a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze stopping neatly at the foot, save for the white base inscribed with a six character ‘Da Ming Jiajing nianzhi’ 大明嘉靖年製 reign mark within a circle.

SIMILAR EXAMPLES

A closely related example is among the collections of the Palace Museum, Beijing, published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p.49, pl. 44. Another cup with similar proportions but larger in size, also bearing the Jiajing mark and of the period, is illustrated in Catalogue of Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 248, Catalogue No. 9:73.

PROVENANCE

A Japanese Private Collection

明嘉靖 黃釉杯

「大明嘉靖年製」款