清康熙 鬥彩蓮池紋酒盃 雙圈三行六字楷書款清康熙 鬥彩蓮池紋酒盃 雙圈三行六字楷書款2 3⁄8 in. (6 cm.) diam.Details A FINE AND SUPERBLY DECORATED DOUCAI ‘LOTUS POND’ WINE CUPKANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)The delicately potted cup is decorated to the exterior of the flaring sides with a lotus pond, the lotus flowers elegantly highlighted in tones of iron-red and resting on stippled blue stems, all framed between a double-line border encircling the mouth rim and a single-line border above the foot.2 3⁄8 in. (6 cm.) diam. Provenance Acquired circa 2000 Literature Robert Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and Julian Thompson: Imperial Perfection.The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 122, no. 43 Exhibited On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-2020The decoration of the present cup is inspired by doucai porcelains from the Chenghua period (1465-1487). It is rare to find a Kangxi doucai cup with this motif. A related pair from the Tianminlou Collection, decorated with ducks in lotus pond, is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain. The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part II, Hong Kong, 1987, p. 130, no. 85.