A figurally decorated blue-ground famille rose cup with Yongzheng markThin-walled cup with blue underglaze Yongzheng mark on the underside. The outer wall has a light blue background, on it a splendidly robed lady carrying a flower vase in finest figural painting between clouds and bats. The woman is the Taoist deity Magu, who possesses the elixir of life and was also worshipped as the protector of women. Masterly painting with excellent composition of colours. Intact. Height 6.5 cm. Provenance: From a South German collection of an aristocratic family.Condition: II +