Chinese Tea Ware, Tea Cup, Chicken Cup, Gaiwan, Teapot, Kyusu

Teapot Kyusu
Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup
Commonly known as Chicken Cup - Replica

Diameter: Approx. 4.8 cm
Overall height: 6.8 cm
Length: 14 cm
No dedicated box, but
will be carefully packed and shipped.

Please note that there may be slight distortions in the lines, small glaze imperfections, and minor bumps or black spots on the surface.

In 2014, a wine cup made in the 15th century was sold at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong to Chinese entrepreneur Liu Yiqian for HK$281 million (approximately 3.7 billion yen). This set a record for the highest auction price for ancient Chinese porcelain.
The Doucai technique was born in the early Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, but its technical requirements were so demanding that it was difficult to produce good quality pieces. The Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup is considered a masterpiece.
For over 200 years after the Chenghua period, emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties ordered replicas to be made by the imperial kilns of their time. However, no matter how well they were made, the clay used for the Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup was exhausted during the Chenghua period, and since the same raw materials were unavailable, identical pieces could not be produced again.
The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who loved ceramics, wrote a poem that includes the line, Cold brilliance and exquisite colors are all considered treasures, and among them, the Chicken Cup is the most outstanding. This indicates that the Chicken Cup has been highly valued in the imperial court since ancient times.