Small porcelain Doucai ‘Dragons’ cup, with Yongzheng mark

A porcelain mug with a wide, flat circular base on which is placed the body, with a curved rim and a semi-circular appearance. It is decorated on the outside with ‘Doucai’ enamels outlined with cobalt-blue underglaze and coloured with pastel shades overglaze. It has two superimposed decorative borders, the upper one adorned with fierce archaic dragons arranged in mirror-like patterns, and the lower one with a network of lace, lotuses and spheres. At the base is a six-character seal ‘大清雍正年制’ framed in a blue double circle.

Height: 3 cm; Diameter: 7 cm