A Chinese blue and white ‘lotus’ cup, the gently rounded sides rising form a short foot, to a slightly everted rim, painted to the exterior with an alternating blue and white lotus and an outlined one left for enamel painting, the six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double square, broken and restuck, 5.8cm diameter, Chenghua mark and period Provenance: Orientique Gallery, Hong Kong For a similar doucai cup, see A Legacy of Chenghua, Imperial Porcelain of the Chenghua Reign Excavated from Zushan Jingdezhen, Tsui Museum of Art, 1993, p. 265, C88. 中国明成化青花莲花杯，柔和圆边自浅足升至轻微外翻的口沿，外饰以蓝白相间的莲花，带珐琅彩绘轮廓，底部双方形内饰以釉下青花成化六字款，破过黏上，5.8厘米 来源：香港吉庆堂画廊 类似的斗彩杯，请参见徐氏艺术馆于1993年出版的《成窑遗珍——景德镇珠山出土成化官窑瓷器》，第265页，C88 CONDITION: This cup has been put together from broken shards, with some areas of white infilling.