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A FAMILLE-VERTE ‘CRABAPPLE’ Among the celebrated set of Þ nely enameled 㶭⹟䅁ġġġḼ⼑剁呱⚾娑㔯剙䤆䙫
MONTH CUP wine cups representing the twelve months
of the year, those painted with crabapple ˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㫦
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
represent the Þ fth month. A similar cup in from 娑㔯烉
Þ nely potted with steep gently ß aring sides the Avery Brundage Collection in the Asian Art 㶭楁␴⭧暐ġἛ刚↢㘜䄁
rising from a short foot, the exterior delicately Museum, San Francisco is illustrated in René-
enameled with red crabapple buds, the reverse Yvon Lefebvre d’Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in
inscribed in underglaze blue with a poem the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, ⌘㔯烉岆
reading qing xiang he su yu, jia se chu qing yan 1967, pl. LXVIIc. Other examples with the same Ը๕
(‘the fragrance blends with the ß avor of evening decoration, palette and bearing Kangxi reign ⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷
rain; the beautiful color stands out in clear marks include one from the Edward T. Chow
weather like in mist’), followed by a seal mark Collection that sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
reading shang (‘to appreciate’), the base with a 25th November 1980, lot 148, and another from
six-character mark in underglaze blue within a the collection of Sir Harry Garner that sold Þ rst
double circle in our London rooms, 25th March 1975, lot 267,
Diameter 2⅝ in., 6.7 cm and more recently in our Hong Kong rooms, 7th
October 2015, lot 3703.
PROVENANCE
Complete sets of month cups are therefore
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). extremely rare. A full set of month cups in the
Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi.
$ 50,000-70,000
Yongzheng. Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the
Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p.
65, pl. 48.

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