Two Chinese porcelain cups decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), base with an eight-character mark reading Xuantong gengxu Yichuntang zhi (Xuantong 1910 made for the Hall of Appropriate Spring), dated to 1910 and of the period.

Two small Chinese porcelain cups with rounded sides decorated on the exterior in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with eight leafy flower stems, the base with an eight-character mark in two lines in under-glaze cobalt blue reading Xuantong gengxu Yichuntang zhi (Xuantong 1910 made for the Hall of Appropriate Spring), corresponding to 1910 and of the period, Qing dynasty, ø 7.6 cm, 3 in. 9.12031  

Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, USA 2012.

Illustrated: Tang to Qing Ceramics, by A. Varela Santos, 2017/2018 catalogue, cat. 96.

Literature:

• Chinese Ceramics, by S. Pierson, London 2009, p. 1123, cat. 170, for a similar bowl at the Victoria & Alberto Museum, London, also dated 1910;

• Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics, by M. Wilson, 1999 London, pp. 150/151, cat. 65 for a similar bowl with the same mark;

• The Great Fortune, Das Grobe Glück, 2002 Berlin, by G. Weishaupt, p. 371, cat. 348 for a similar dated 1910.

◆ Ming Wilson in his seminal above mentioned work writes “Yichun Tang (Hall of Appropriate Spring) was the studio name of Liu Shiheng (1875-1937), alias Juqing, native of Guichi, Anhui. An unofficial biography describes him as an ardent collector.” There are bowls dated 1909 and 1910 all decorated in under-glaze cobalt blue and all of the same size.

中國瓷器 – 青花花葉紋圓腹小盃兩隻，外繪八枝青花枝叶紋饰，底書 “宣統庚戌、宜春堂制 ” 雙行八字款。1910年，清宣統。口徑：7.6釐米，3英吋。

藏品出處：2012年美國紐約蘇富比拍賣會。

圖示: 《唐代至清代陶瓷》阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2017/2018圖錄，編號，第96頁。 

參考文獻：

• 《中國陶瓷》，作者S. Pierson，2009年倫敦出版，參見第1123頁，編號170，倫敦維多利亞及阿 爾伯特博物館藏，標記年份同為1910年的一相似瓷碗；

•《中國陶瓷上的珍稀款識》，作者M. Wilson，1999年倫敦出版，參見第150及151頁，編號65帶相同 款識的一相似小盃；

• 《偉大的財富》，2002年柏林出版，作者G. Weishaupt,，見第371頁，編號348一年代為1910年的近器。

◆ Ming. Wilson在他的研究中提及：“宜春堂為劉世珩堂號。 劉世珩（1875-1926），字聚卿，安徽 貴池人。據非正式的傳記記載，劉世珩是一名收藏愛好者。” 這類同尺寸的青花碗標記年份分別為 1909年和1910年。