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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR 清康熙 五彩迎春花花神盃
A FINE WUCAI ‘WINTERSWEET’ MONTH CUP 《大清康熙年製》款
MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI
此盃應為正月，繪兩棵迎春花樹，樹幹嶙峋多瘤，上
the delicately potted U-shaped body rising from a short 開嬌嫩小花，飾淡綠枝葉。下有灌木叢，並長靈芝。
foot to a flared rim, the exterior brightly painted with two
wintersweet trees and lingzhi blooms, representing the first 詩題：「金英翠萼帶春寒，黃色花中有幾般。」
month, the reverse with a poetic inscription, followed by
a seal reading shang (‘to appreciate’), the base with a six-
character mark within a double circle in underglaze blue
6.7 cm, 2⅝ in.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-89,500

The poem on the present cup can be translated as follows:
The golden blossoms and verdant calyxes
bear the chill of spring.
How many shades of yellow can be found
among these flowers?

Mark

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