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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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AN EXTREMELY RARE AND FINE SET OF TWELVE BLUE AND
WHITE ‘MONTH’ CUPS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF
THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each cup is delicately potted to eggshell thinness, the exterior superbly painted in cobalt
blue with emblematic flowers representing each month, the reverse of each inscribed with
a seasonal couplet by a Tang poet terminating with a seal mark shang (appreciation).
2 œ/”ÿ in. (6.5 cm.) diam. each, box
Estimate on Request
ΑӲྩせ
᪺༒ᶑ 㤎⩈ڊ̤ᕖ͠⩈⎙↛ːڊ̤ͭ 㢴२Վಧ㢴⻎ᕋᢎ
փ㦈ᅴ⎷卿⫭⺧ൈ⡮卿৶⤏ൈ⤇卿㞏ᷪൈℱǯ⎷ംս㬪ⱤӬ㬷⥾ࢦՀ♎Ӷऱᛞ
ᝲⱤࢭ卿Ӭ㬷⏟㜩ᥓᝧ㉼卿㉼ཫⶔ㬪ⱤǸ㐃ǹໃࣇǯ
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