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A FAMILLE-VERTE ‘PRUNUS’ MONTH CUP 㶭⹟䅁ġġġḼ⼑㠭剙⚾娑㔯剙䤆䙫
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㫦
Þ nely potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short 娑㔯烉
foot to a ß ared rim, the exterior delicately enameled with
prunus trees growing beside rockwork, the reverse inscribed 䳈刟暒ↅ㧡ġ㶭楁桐㺧㝅
in underglaze blue with a poem reading suyan xueningshu,
qingxiang fengmanzhi (‘its simple beauty is that of a tree ⌘㔯烉岆
frozen with snow, its branches moving in the wind are full of Ը๕
a clear fragrance’), followed by a seal mark reading shang
⤏㜿⋡Ṇ喯⭴㭼2003⸜11㚰13㖍炻䶐嘇429
(‘to appreciate’), the base with a six-character mark in
underglaze blue
Diameter 2½ in., 6.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Olympia, 13th November 2003, lot 429.
$ 10,000-15,000

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