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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR 清康熙 五彩石榴花神盃
A WUCAI ‘POMEGRANATE’ MONTH CUP 《大清康熙年製》款
MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI
此盃應為五月，綴石榴樹一株，開紅花朵朵，結果實
with a delicately potted U-shaped body rising from a short 纍纍，淡青微紅，樹下並見萱草及小花。詩題：「露
foot to a flared rim, the exterior brightly painted with a
gnarled pomegranate tree, representing the fifth month, 色珠簾映，香風粉壁遮。」
the reverse with a poetic inscription relating to the depicted
flowers, followed by a seal reading shang (‘to appreciate’),
the base with an underglaze-blue six-character reign mark
within a double circle
6.6 cm, 2½ in.
HK$ 300,000-500,000
US$ 38,300-64,000

The poem on the present cup can be translated as follows:
The colour unfolds like the sun on pearl curtains.
The breeze bears the fragrance
in the shade of the white-washed wall.

Mark

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