Beschreibung:

A DELICATELY AND FINELY PAINTED MAGPIES AND MAGNOLIA PORCELAIN WINE CUP China, Qing Dynasty, Probably 17th to 18th century Resting on a short ring foot, with an verted rim, the outer delicately painted in light blue with a couple of flying magpies as well as with flowers, the inner part also with flowers, the below inscribed with an underglaze blue four-character kaishu mark within a double square starting by ÕÑéÞïÑXX (Huàn rue XX). H: 3,6 cm - D: 6,4 cm Provenance (according to the seller): Bought in Canada by the seller (Canadian based) from a renown Estate: Lt. Colonel Alec Reid M.D. DSO, OBE, (1880-1960), ex chief medical officer for the British army in the early 1900s to the late1940s. His father started the collection in the 1800s and he continued acquiring until the late 1940s. [INTERNET KEYWORDS] CHINA, CHINESE, QING, ANTIQUE, CERAMIC, PORCELAIN, PAINTING, SCROLL, JADE, DYNASTIE, JAPANESE, VIETNAMESE