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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR 清康熙 五彩蘭花花神盃
A FINE AND VERY RARE WUCAI ‘ORCHID’ 《大清康熙年製》款
MONTH CUP
MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI 來源：
香港蘇富比1997年11月4日，編號1434
delicately potted of deep ‘U’-shape with a flared rim and a
short straight foot, painted on one side in the wucai palette
in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with a bed of
densely growing yellowish-green orchids with a cluster of 此盃應為七月，巧繪蘭花，葉片嫩綠淡青，密密叢叢
rocks in front and some bare prickly branches between, the 的長於石後，間以帶刺枯枝。詩題：「廣殿輕香發，
leaves well shaded in different tones of green, representing 高臺遠吹吟。」
the seventh month, the reverse inscribed with a poem
relating to the flowers in front, followed by the seal shang (‘to
appreciate’), the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-
character reign mark within a double circle
6.4 cm, 2½ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4th November 1997, lot 1434.

HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 102,000-153,000

The poem on the present cup can be translated as follows:
The delicate fragrance pervades the spacious hall.
Like music from lofty terraces far away.

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