Chinese Porcelain Bird Cup G
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Type: Tea Cup
Material: Porcelain
Age: Marked Ming Dynasty Chenghua Period, but probably more recent.
Origin/Maker: Six character mark on base, reading Da Ming Chenghua Nian Zhi "Ming Dynasty Chenghua Period Make"
Size: 2 1/8" tall, 3 1/4" maximum diameter (measured from top rim).
Weight: 3.1 oz
Provenance: Virginia antique mall
Collected: Fall 2020
Condition: Item is used in poor condition commensurate with age, see photos. Three spiderwebbing hairline cracks on side of cup, with some green painted enamel missing from the leaf one of the cracks runs through. Hairline crack in bottom of cup, visible only from top of cup. Tiny chip to brown upper rim of cup. Some light wear to painted design. Some staining and discoloration.
Subject: Painted designs of a bird (possibly a kingfisher) among flowers, leaves, and grasses in underglaze blue and overglaze green, yellow, blue, purple, red enamels.
Location: Listed on eBay
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Cup Kingfisher Bird Flowers Ming Chenghua Mark China G
Material: Porcelain
Age: Marked Ming Dynasty Chenghua Period, but probably more recent.
Origin/Maker: Six character mark on base, reading Da Ming Chenghua Nian Zhi "Ming Dynasty Chenghua Period Make"
Size: 2 1/8" tall, 3 1/4" maximum diameter (measured from top rim).
Weight: 3.1 oz
Provenance: Virginia antique mall
Collected: Fall 2020
Condition: Item is used in poor condition commensurate with age, see photos. Three spiderwebbing hairline cracks on side of cup, with some green painted enamel missing from the leaf one of the cracks runs through. Hairline crack in bottom of cup, visible only from top of cup. Tiny chip to brown upper rim of cup. Some light wear to painted design. Some staining and discoloration.
Subject: Painted designs of a bird (possibly a kingfisher) among flowers, leaves, and grasses in underglaze blue and overglaze green, yellow, blue, purple, red enamels.
Location: Listed on eBay
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Cup Kingfisher Bird Flowers Ming Chenghua Mark China G