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A WUCAI ‘PRUNUS’ MONTH CUP A DOUCAI DRAGON MEIPING
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the delicately potted U-shaped body rising from a short foot the tapering body rising from a spreading recessed base to a
to a flared rim, the exterior brightly painted with a white round shoulder and surmounted by a narrow waisted neck with
prunus tree growing by craggy rockwork, representing lipped rim, boldly painted to the exterior with two five-clawed
the eleventh month, the reverse with a poetic inscription dragons writhing amongst flame scrolls in pursuit of flaming
relating to the depicted flowers, followed by a seal reading pearls, their mouths open to reveal their sharp fangs, the body
Shang (appreciation), the base with a six-character mark in covered with green scales
underglaze blue 34 cm, 13⅜ in.
6.5 cm, 2½ in.
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Sotheby’s London, 5th November 2014, lot 58.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30th October 2002, lot 309.
£ 20,000-30,000
£ 10,000-15,000 HK$ 203,000-304,000 US$ 25,900-38,800
HK$ 102,000-152,000 US$ 13,000-19,400
清康熙 闘彩雙龍戲珠紋梅瓶
清康熙 五彩梅花花神盃
《大清康熙年製》款 來源
倫敦蘇富比2014年11月5日， 編號58
來源
香港蘇富比2002年10月30日, 編號309

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