A DOUCAI ‘WANG XIZHI’ PORCELAIN CUP China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period Delicately potted with deep rounded sides resting on a countersunk base, the exterior brilliantly enamelled with a continuous scene depicting Wang Xizhi dressed in a red robe and seated on a willow tree trunk, gazing at a wild geese frolicking on a pond. The below inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. H: 3.5cm- D: 6.6cm Notes: 1. Cups painted with this elegant design include one from the collection of Peter Boode, sold twice at Sotheby’s London, United Kingdom, 1974/12/2-3, lot 191, and 1977/07/05, lot 259, and another one sold at Sotheby’s New York, 2012/09/11, lot 42, for USD68.500 BP incl. 2. For the prototype of this motif, see a pair of Chenghua mark and period cups, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu/ Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 56. 3. Wang Xizhi (王羲之, 303–361) was a Chinese calligrapher, politician, general and writer during the Jin dynasty, best known for his mastery of Chinese calligraphy and particularly remembered for one of his hobbies, that of rearing geese. Legend has it that he learned that the key to how to turn his wrist whilst writing was to observe how geese moved their necks. *斗彩“王羲之”瓷杯 中国，清康熙年间 [INTERNET KEYWORDS] CHINA, CHINESE, QING, ANTIQUE, CERAMIC, PORCELAIN, PAINTING, SCROLL, JADE, DYNASTIE, JAPANESE, VIETNAMESE