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AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED 'EIGHT EMBLEMS' CUPYongzheng six-character mark and of the period Delicately potted, the rounded sides rising from a short foot, the exterior painted in cobalt-blue with a meandering leafy stem bearing eight quatrefoil flower blooms, each supporting a ribboned bajixiang emblem outlined in copper-red, framed by an underglaze-blue double line below the mouthrim and a single line to the footring, the interior left undecorated, the countersunk base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark, box. 6.5cm (2 1/2in) diam. (2).Footnotes清雍正 青花釉裏紅八寶紋小杯 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書雙圈款 The present cup is notable for its bajixiang design outlined in copper-red which also provides a stunning contrast with the silhouette forms of the flower blooms on which they rest. The exquisite size is close to the small wine cup ('jiouyuan') mentioned in the Qing Court records, while its design derives from Ming dynasty Chenghua period blue and white or doucai decorated prototypes. The Neiwufu Zaobanchu huoji dang [Archives of the Workshop of the Imperial Household Department] records that in the 4th year of Qianlong's reign (1739), the Eunuch Hu Shijie delivered a pair of Chenghua blue and white small wine cups with stands, see Qing gong ciqi dang'an quanji [Complete Records on Porcelain from the Qing Court], Beijing, 2007, vol.1, p.412; see also a blue and white 'eight emblems' cup excavated in the Jingdezhen Ming dynasty Imperial kiln site, which has the same motif as the present cup, illustrated in A Legacy of Chenghua, Hong Kong, 1993, no.C93; compare with another two cups included in the Special Exhibition of Ch'eng-hua Porcelain, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1976, cat. no.38, depicting the eight emblems surmounting a leafy scroll, and cat. no.39, which portrays the Buddhist emblems raised on canopies issuing from a leafy scroll. 杯圓唇，腹圓鼓斜收於圈足，口沿下繪兩道青花弦紋，在下繪青花連枝靈芝紋，上托釉裡紅細筆勾勒佛教八寶，腹底圈足之間繪青花弦紋一匝，杯底書「大清雍正年製」楷書款。 此杯小巧輕盈，接近清宮檔案記載之酒元，即小酒杯。此杯紋樣及杯型仿自明成化青花或鬥彩小杯。乾隆四年（公元1739年）活計檔記載太監胡世傑交出成窯青花白地酒元一對配座，見《清宮瓷器檔案全集》，北京，2007年，卷1，頁412；景德鎮明代御窯廠遺址出土一件青花「八寶供」紋小杯，本件紋樣即同此杯一脈相承，見《成窯遺珍：景德鎮珠山出土成華官窯瓷器》，香港，1993年，編號C93；台北故宮藏兩件鬥彩八寶紋小杯亦是同類設計，見《成化瓷器特展圖錄》，台北，1976年，編號38及39。