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     A FAMILLE VERTE ‘ROSE’ MONTH CUP                                      清康熙　　五彩「月季花」花神盃
                                                                                                                 　　雙圈六字楷書款
     KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
                                                                           來源
     DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)                           巴黎佳士得，2009年12月21日，拍品345號

     The cup is decorated to the exterior with roses growing beside
     a rock with three insects in flight. The reverse has an inscription
     which may be translated to ‘unlike the myriad blossoms that
     flower and wither; the rose alone is perennially red’, followed by a
     seal mark reading shang, ‘appreciation’.
     2 Ω in. (6.5 cm.) diam., box

     HK$300,000-500,000  US$39,000-65,000

     PROVENANCE

     Sold at Christie’s Paris, 21 December 2009, lot 345

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