Antique Blue & White Chinese Qing Dynasty Porcelain Stem Cup Bowl Xuande Mark, Circa 1890

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A fine antique late 19th century Chinese Qing dynasty blue & white porcelain stem cup/bowl, circa 1890.
The stem cup … Read more A fine antique late 19th century Chinese Qing dynasty blue & white porcelain stem cup/bowl, circa 1890.
The stem cup with an apocryphal tributory six character Ming dynasty Xuande mark within concentric circles to the inside of the bowl. It was common for later Chinese dynasties to mark porcelain with much earlier marks, not as copies or fakes but as a mark of honorific respect to earlier periods.
The large gently flared bowl with concentric blue circles to the inner & outer rim, the outer bowl is very finely decorated with pine & prunus, the cup is raised on a flared stem with corresponding decoration.
The stem cup is in excellent condition, no damage or restoration, a fine & elegant late 19th century example. See less