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A FINE FAMILLE-VERTE ‘HIBISCUS’ MONTH among the celebrated set of finely enameled wine cups
CUP representing the twelve months of the year, those painted
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD with hibiscus represent the tenth month. a similar cup
in from the avery Brundage Collection in the asian art
finely potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short museum, san Francisco is illustrated in rené-Yvon Lefebvre
foot to a gently flaring rim, the exterior delicately enameled d’argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage
with red hibiscus buds, the reverse inscribed in underglaze Collection, san Francisco, 1967, pl. LXVIIc. other examples
blue with a poem reading qing xiang he su yu, jia se chu qing with the same decoration, palette and bearing Kangxi reign
yan (‘the fragrance blends with the flavor of evening rain; marks include one from the edward t. Chow Collection that
the beautiful color stands out in clear weather like in mist’), sold in our hong Kong rooms, 25th november 1980, lot 148;
followed by a seal mark reading shang (‘appreciation’), the and one from the collection of sir harry Garner that sold
base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a first in our London rooms, 25th march 1975, lot 267, and
double circle more recently in our hong Kong rooms, 7th october 2015,
height 2 ½ in., 6.5 cm lot 3703. see also a similar cup sold in these rooms, 12th
september 2018, lot 127.
PROVENANCE
a full set of ‘month’ cups, in the palace museum, Beijing, is
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong. Qing Porcelain
from the Palace Museum Collection, hong Kong, 1989, pl.
48; a set from the sir percival David Collection and now in
the British museum, London, is published in the Illustrated
Catalogue of Qing Enamelled Wares in the Percival David
Foundation of Chinese Art, (rev. ed.), London, 1991, pl. 815;
another in the Idemitsu museum of art, tokyo, is included
in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, tokyo, 1987,
pl. 221.
$ 80,000-120,000

清康熙 五彩芙蓉圖詩文花神盃
《大清康熙年製》款
題詩：
清香和宿雨 佳色出晴烟

印文：
賞
來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

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