A yellow-glazed handled cup, Mark and period of Kangxi | 清康熙 黃釉暗刻龍紋耳盃 《大清康熙年製》款

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A yellow-glazed handled cup

Mark and period of Kangxi

清康熙 黃釉暗刻龍紋耳盃 《大清康熙年製》款

delicately potted with gently rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly flared rim, set with a pair of upright loop handles to the sides, the exterior finely incised with a narrow band enclosing two pairs of confronting archaistic dragons flanking a central pearl, applied with a transparent ochre-yellow glaze, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle, boxwood stand

Width across handles 7 cm, 2¾ in.