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A FAMILLE-VERTE ‘CRABAPPLE’ ‘Month’ cups were produced in the Kangxi Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl.
MONTH CUP period (1662-1722) in both famille-verte 48; a set from the Sir Percival David Collection
and blue and white palettes. Variation in the and now in the British Museum, is published
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
sizes, colors, inscriptions, and proportional in the Illustrated Catalogue of Qing Enamelled
representation of di" erent months, suggests Wares in the Percival David Foundation of
the delicate bell-shaped sides rising from a
short foot to an everted rim, one side of the that the cups were issued consecutively rather Chinese Art, (rev. ed.), London, 1991, pl. 815;
exterior Þ nely painted with a blossoming young than as complete sets of twelve. The present another in the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo,
crabapple tree amidst rocks and burgeoning cup is associated with the second lunar is included in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu
month of the year. Another cup of this type Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 221.
vegetation all executed in soft underglaze blue
and precisely applied overglaze enamels, the symbolizing the second month sold in our Hong 㶭⹟䅁ġġġḼ⼑剁呱⚾娑㔯剙䤆䙫
other side inscribed in underglaze blue with a Kong rooms, 8th October 2013, lot 3274; one
poem reading qing xiang he su yu, jia se chu formerly in the collection of Sir Harry Garner
sold in those same rooms, 7th October 2015, ˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㫦
qing yan (‘the fragrance blends with the ß avor
of evening rain; the beautiful color stands out lot 3703; and an example from the Anna-Maria 娑㔯烉
in clear weather like in mist’), followed by a seal and Stephen Kellen Foundation Collection sold 㶭楁␴⭧暐ġἛ刚↢㘜䄁
mark reading shang (‘to appreciate’), the base at Christie’s New York, 14th-15th September
2017, lot 1224.
with a six-character mark in underglaze blue ⌘㔯烉岆
within a double circle A full set of ‘month’ cups, in the Palace
Height 2 in., 5 cm Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi. Ը๕
Yongzheng. Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the 䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿1977⸜10㚰28㖍炻䶐嘇157
PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 28th October 1977, lot 157.
$ 60,000-80,000

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