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There are only two other complete sets of blue and white Ꮀഩ㬪ⱤⱤ▵⎷卿իज㇦࢈՗ᘢ༈߅‸Ӭഩ卿ࣻ㇦Ƕ㬪Ɽ㞏ㅏ
Kangxi ‘month’ cups in private hands. The first one was in ⡚ǷӴ卿ӳᱡ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ ǯࢶ՗ࢷ⁒㩴߅‸
the T.T. Tsui Collection, illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art, ᝳ᳖༈⯠⻦㬪ⱤⱤ▵⎷ݦഩ卿ߎߣ㇦ᙻǶ᳖≢ⵧⅧǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿
Chinese Ceramics IV, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 105B. The second
set was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on 4 May 1994, lot 161 ჺ卿எ 厎ᇍᴓჹ厍Ƕ༈ᅡⅧ⻦ĜĜԋஇ᳖ջ໶⚨≢଍Ƿ卿
and illustrated in Sotheby’s Thirty Years in Hong Kong, Hong ӳᱡ卿 ჺ卿㮰 Ǯ ǯ
Kong, 2003, no. 263, currently in the collection of the Long
Museum in Shanghai. Ⴊౚ᱁㘻⎏Ꮀഩ㬪ⱤⱤ▵⎷卿ߺᥑἃཐ㇦卿⏖߿ۣ㇦ݦഩ卿ࡺ
ᑐᇍཿలݎ⊂⯠⻦Ӭഩ卿߅‸ᙻǶᇍ᭄⻱ワ㱦ĜĜ㪃≢ *7Ƿ卿
For other full sets of blue and white ‘month’ cups in public 㲞ᳰ ჺ卿எ #厎սࣿ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈
institutions, refer to one in the Palace Museum Collection,
illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (III), Ӭഩ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卿ⶬ㢙ᙻǶ⼖༛ᬘӲࢦॶჺǷ卿எ ⽚卿
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, ᇌ⣌᠊Ὣᝧ䁗Ⅷ⻦卿࢈՗ ჺᐽ㐈卿ἃӳᱡ䂆⧻ワ㱦Ⅷ⻦ǯ
Hong Kong, 2010, no. 71. There are two published sets in the
Nanjing Museum Collection, one illustrated in Qing Imperial ⩧ՆᆭⱤ▵⎷卿ߺഩᙇ㖅അ卿ࡺᑐ厍࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⯍ཐݦ
Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Hong ഩ卿Ӭഩ㖊ᙻǶᘢ༈Ⅷ⻦ᄮ㫇Գ≢଍எ㢙Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿
Kong, 1995, pl. 21; and one illustrated by Xu Huping, Gongting எ‸ ⽚厎ഌ⣠ᇪఫ㞖ᝯ٨ԽഌⲖࢷ⁒㱦Ӭഩ卿㇦Ƕ*MMVTUSBUFE
zhencang- Zhongguo Qingdai guanyao ciqi, Shanghai, 2003, pp. $BUBMPHVF PG 2JOH &OBNFMMFE 8BSFT JO UIF 1FSDJWBM %BWJE
54-55.
'PVOEBUJPO PG $IJOFTF "SUǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎ᚚ
‘Month’ cups are also decorated in the wucai palette, which ទែ՗߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦⻦Ӭഩ卿㖊ᙻǶ߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦⻦৅எ㢙厍ԋஇ
are considerably more common than the blue and white 㪃┵Ƿ卿ែ՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎ⴃ⢆⣉Ⅷ⻦Ӭഩ卿㇦Ƕԋ
examples. Complete sets of wucai ‘month’ cups include at இ≢଍ⴃ⢆⣉ᘘ⻦Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎ᇍཿలݎ
least two sets in the Palace Museum, Beijing, one of which is
illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from ⊂⯠⻦Ӭഩ卿ᇌ⣌㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅
the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, no. 48; one ⽚厎㲞ᳰ៏⛛లⅧ⻦Ӭഩ卿ⶬ㢙ᙻǶ⇶∪⇁⇶厍៏⛛లԋ
from the Percival David Foundation now on loan at the British இᇙ⚩≢଍Ⅷ⻦Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎Ӭഩࣥ⇧೥
Museum, see Illustrated Catalogue of Qing Enamelled Wares ⅌ⳌలⅧ⻦卿ᇌ⣌࢈՗ ჺᐽ㐈卿→⊐ԋஇ⻦།ᘘ⻦厎Ӭഩ
in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1991, ᙻ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
no. 815; one in the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo, illustrated
in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, no.
221; one in the Alan Chuang Collection, see The Alan Chuang
Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong, 2009, no. 40; one
was formerly in the T.T. Tsui Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 585; one in the Songzhutang
Collection, illustrated in Encompassing Precious Beauty: The
Songzhutang Collection of Imperial Chinese Ceramics, Hong
Kong, 2016, pl. 18; one formerly in the Meiyintang Collection,
currently in a private collection; and one sold at Sotheby’s New
York, 23 September 1997, lot 348.
The combination of painting, poem and seal also imbues
these Imperial cups with a refined scholarly taste, setting the
precedence for the esteemed falangcai wares made during
the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns, on which enamelled
decorations, grisaille calligraphy and rouge seals are tastefully
combined, creating a distinct, regal style befitting Imperial use.

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