{"product_id":"a-chinese-export-brown-glazed-and-underglaze-blue-teacup-and-saucer-19th-century-apocryphal-kangxi-mark","title":"A Chinese Export Brown-Glazed and Underglaze Blue Teacup and Saucer  19th Century Apocryphal Kangxi Mark","description":"\u003ch1 data-start=\"54\" data-end=\"125\"\u003eA Chinese Export Brown-Glazed and Underglaze Blue Teacup and Saucer\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"163\"\u003e19th Century\u003cbr data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"141\"\u003eApocryphal Kangxi Mark\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"168\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"185\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"423\"\u003eA Chinese Export porcelain teacup and matching saucer, 19th century. Each formed with a lobed, flared rim and gently molded body. The cup rising from a short circular foot; the saucer of conforming lobed outline, proportionally matched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"634\"\u003eThe exterior of both pieces is covered in a rich café-au-lait brown glaze (iron-oxide glaze), evenly applied with subtle pooling and minor orange-peel texture characteristic of nineteenth-century export wares.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"1014\"\u003eThe interiors are decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with panelled reserves enclosing landscape and antiquities motifs, arranged around a central medallion of floral composition. The saucer well painted with a basket and fruit motif, surrounded by alternating decorative panels echoing the cup’s interior. The cobalt displays tonal variation typical of later export production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1016\" data-end=\"1019\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1029\"\u003eMark\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1237\"\u003eThe base of each bears a double-circle underglaze blue mark reading \u003cem data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1117\"\u003e“Kangxi Nianzhi”\u003c\/em\u003e (Made in the Kangxi Period).\u003cbr data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1149\"\u003eThis is an apocryphal Kangxi mark commonly found on nineteenth-century export porcelain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1242\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1258\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1354\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1319\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1319\"\u003eCup: Height 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diameter 3 1\/4 in. (8.3 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1354\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1354\"\u003eSaucer: Diameter 5 in. (12.7 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1359\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1374\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1564\"\u003eOverall in good condition.\u003cbr data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1405\"\u003eThe cup exhibits a minor rim chip with an associated fine hairline crack; the crack does not extend into the body. Otherwise free from significant restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1569\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1579\"\u003eNote\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1915\"\u003eBrown-glazed exterior wares with underglaze blue interior decoration were widely produced for export markets during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly for European tea services. The use of earlier reign marks was a common commercial practice intended to evoke antiquity rather than indicate period manufacture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"US 3D CN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43902513479815,"sku":null,"price":380.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/7095\/6167\/files\/20251210192345_243_93.png?v=1774724858","url":"https:\/\/us3dcn.com\/products\/a-chinese-export-brown-glazed-and-underglaze-blue-teacup-and-saucer-19th-century-apocryphal-kangxi-mark","provider":"US 3D CN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}