A VERY RARE GE-GLAZED EAR CUP, China, Yuan/Ming dynasty or earlier - Provenance: According to the previous owner collected by a family member around 1900 in China - Exhibited and published: Hetjens Museum Diesseldorf 'Alle Farben Chinas', 2018, p. 79 - Cf. A similar ear cup with ge-glaze and inscribed poem by the Qianlong emperor is preserved in the collections of the Musée Guimet, Paris, no. MA 4236 - Few frits or very small chips to rim, few small burst glaze bubbles Sehr seltene Ohrenschale shang mit 'ge'-Glasur CHINA, Yuan-/Ming-Dynastie oder früher L. 11,6 cm Gewicht: 143 gr. Provenienz: Laut Angaben der Vorbesitzer von einem Familienmitglied um 1900 in China gesammelt - Publ. und ausgestellt: Hetjens Museum Düsseldorf, 'Alle Farben Chinas' 2018, S. 80 - Wenige kleine Randbestoßungen, kleine geplatzte Glasurblasen