Details
Each cup is modelled in the form of mantou xin bowls, with rounded walls and a slightly domed base. Each exterior is decorated en grisaille with three geese standing amongst plants and rocks and a further goose in flight. The underside is decorated with a brush, ingot, and ruyi sceptre in underglaze blue, representing the phrase 'biding ruyi'.
3½ in. (9 cm.) diam.


Provenance
Amassed in Europe in the 1980s.
Special notice
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