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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR 清康熙 五彩水仙花花神盃
A FINE AND RARE WUCAI ‘NARCISSUS’ MONTH 《大清康熙年製》款
CUP
MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI 來源：
香港佳士得1996年4月29日，編號753（一對之其一）
delicately potted of deep ‘U’-shape with flared rim and a
short straight foot, painted on one side in the wucai palette in 此盃應為十二月，描繪兩叢水仙花，一大一小，大者
underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with two clumps of 背靠鈷青雅石，另有月季從中出，一枝獨秀。詩題：
narcissus, the larger one with a blue rock behind and a single 「春風弄玉來清書，夜月淩波上大堤。」
red rose emerging from its midst, representing the twelfth
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
6.6 cm, 2⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th April 1996, lot 753 (one of a pair).

HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 76,500-102,000
The poem on the present cup can be translated as follows:
The spring breeze plays with these gems
when daylight arrives.
When the moon traverses at night,
it sends ripples up the long dike.

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