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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR 清康熙 五彩月季花花神盃
A WUCAI ‘ROSE’ MONTH CUP 《大清康熙年製》款
MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI
此盃應為十月，畫苔蘚遍野，長月季一株，艷放嫣
delicately potted of deep ‘U’-shape rising from a short 紅，懸空曲莖婉轉流麗，背有筆挺帶刺枝條，旁有
straight foot to a flared rim, painted on one side in the wucai
palette in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with a 矮叢，結鈷青果子，並見淺黃淡綠蝴蝶，穿梭飛舞花
red rose growing on moss-covered ground, one long stem 間。詩題：「不隨千種盡，獨放一年紅。」
overhanging some low-growing blue berries, and one prickly
stem growing straight upright, with a yellow and a green
butterfly on either side, representing the tenth 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
6.5 cm, 2½ in.

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

The poem on the present cup can be translated as follows:
Unlike a thousand other species that tire out,
This one alone blazes in red throughout the year.

Mark

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