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A PAIR OF FAMILLE-VERTE ‘MONTH’ CUPS, 清康熙 五彩花神盃一對
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
《成化年製》仿款
the base of each with an apocryphal Chenghua four-
character mark in underglaze blue (2) 來源：
Diameter 2⅝ in., 6.7 cm
Anton Dreesmann 收藏
PROVENANCE
Collection of Anton Dreesmann.
The fourth month cup is painted with a cluster of peonies
with four red blooms and one yellow, growing behind pierced
blue garden rocks. The scene is accompanied by the poem
Xiao yan yuan fen jin zhang lu. Mu xiang shen re yu tang feng.
‘At dawn its beauty receives dew from a golden palm.
In the evening the fragrance penetrates deep into the Jade Hall.’
The eighth month shows a small hare seated in the grass
beneath a flowering cassia tree, and the poem
Gen sheng wu xian yue. Hua man zi ran qiu.
‘The roots are growing for months without end.
Once they are laden with blossoms, autumn has surely arrived.’
Month cups elegantly painted with seasonal flowers in
famille-verte accompanied by pertinent two-line poems are
a classic design of the Kangxi period. See a closely related
month cup of this type depicting peony in the fourth month,
from the collection of R.H.R. Palmer, sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 30th May 2023, lot 2820.
⊖ $ 50,000-70,000

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A PAIR OF SMALL FAMILLE-VERTE ‘FIGURAL’ 清康熙 五彩人物故事圖小瓶一對
VASES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
(2)
Height 5¾ in., 14.7 cm
⊖ $ 8,000-12,000

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