China, 1821-1850. The cup is decorated to the exterior with lanca characters divided by lotus scrolls above a band of lotus lappets, the interior with a central medallion enclosing an elaborate radiating foliate design. The spreading foot is painted with flower-heads above jeweled tassels and ruyi-heads. The interior of the foot with an underglaze-blue six-character seal mark da Qing Daoguang nianzhi in a line and of the period.

Provenance: From the estate of Soo Sui-ling and Dr. Cornelius Osgood, and thence by descent in the same family. The interior of the foot with remnants of an old label. Dr. Cornelius Osgood (1905-1983) was a professor of anthropology at Yale University and a leading scholar of the cultures of the Arctic and East Asia. His association with the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale began in 1930 when he joined the university's faculty, and over the years he was instrumental in building up and organizing the museum's collection. He became curator of the museum's anthropology department in 1934, and was appointed the Peabody's associate director in 1966. He held both positions until his retirement in 1973. His publications include a multivolume study of the Athabascan tribes of northern Canada and Alaska as well as Winter, a memoir of the year he spent living among the Indians of Canada’s Northwest Territories in the 1920s. In later years, he specialized in Far Eastern societies, publishing “The Koreans and Their Culture” in 1951, and “Village Life in Old China” in 1963.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, one short hairline, and a minuscule chip to the rim.

Weight: 176.5 g
Dimensions: Height 9.7 cm

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 8 November 2022, lot 160
Price: EUR 17,640
Description: A blue and white ‘lanca’ stem cup, mark and period of Daoguang
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, and Daoguang reign mark. Note the size (10.8 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s London, 6 November 2018, lot 84
Price: GBP 11,875 or approx. EUR 16,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A blue and white ‘lanca’ stem cup, Daoguang six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, and Daoguang reign mark. Note the size (10.9 cm).



道光款及年代青花梵文纏枝蓮紋高足杯
中國，1821-1850年。小杯敞口，深斜腹，高圈足。外壁由上至下紋飾層次清晰，口沿飾雙弦紋一周，器壁纏枝蓮紋，間為梵文八字真言；腹底飾變體蓮瓣紋一周，高足處繪菊瓣紋和如意紋，下接瓔珞紋。內壁口沿及內心分飾雙弦紋，杯心內以青花繪俯視蕃蓮綻放圖案，錦繡吉祥。高足內壁青花“大清道光年製”款。

來源：Soo Sui-ling 與 Dr. Cornelius Osgood舊藏，在同一家族保存至今。高足內壁有舊標籤。Dr. Cornelius Osgood是耶魯大學人類學教授，也是研究北極和東亞文化的著名學者。他與耶魯大學皮博迪自然歷史博物館的合作始於 1930 年，當時他加入了大學的教員隊伍。多年來，他在建立和組織博物館藏品方面發揮了重要作用。他於 1934 年成為博物館人類學部館長，並於 1966 年被任命為皮博迪博物館副館長。他一直擔任這兩個職位直到 1973 年退休。他的出版物包括對加拿大北部和阿拉斯加的阿薩巴斯坎部落的研究以及《冬天》 ，這是一部關於他在 1920 年代與加拿大西北地區印第安人生活的那一年的回憶錄。晚年，他專門研究遠東，1951 年出版了《The Koreans和Their Culture》，1963 年出版了《Village Life in Old China》。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損和燒製不規則，一條短細紋，邊緣有微小缺口。

重量：176.5 克
尺寸：高 9.7 厘米

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：巴黎蘇富比，2022年11月8日，lot 160
價格：EUR 17,640
描述：清道光青花纏枝蓮梵文高足盃 《大清道光年製》款
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、裝飾和道光款。請注意尺寸(10.8 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：倫敦佳士得，2018年11月6日，lot 84
價格：GBP 11,875（相當於今日EUR 16,000）
描述：清道光青花纏枝蓮托梵文高足杯，單行六字篆書款
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、裝飾和道光款。請注意尺寸(10.9 厘米)。

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