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3189 䙫⎋⽖㐯炻㶙⻏⡩炻⚰嵛ˤ忂橼曺剙䲳梦炻ᶨ朊丒Ḵ㚰剙䤆
䌱嗕剙炻側朊丒䪡䲳ˤ⸽曺剙暁⚰ℏ㚠˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㤟
A FINE RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘MAGNOLIA’ 㚠㫦ˤ⋩Ḵ㚰剙䤆䙫⼊橼䥨伶炻偶唬橼庽炻䁢⹟䅁䒟ᷕ䘬⎵
MONTH CUP ⑩炻℞ᷕ曺剙⑩䧖㚜天⮹㕤Ḽ⼑⑩䧖ˤ㛔⑩丒㚰Ẍ剙⋱侴
䃉娑⎍炻䔞䁢曺剙剙䤆䙫䘬ᶨ䧖嬲⊾炻⋩↮份夳ˤ
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND
OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

The thinly potted cup has deep rounded sides rising to a flaring
rim, with the exterior exquisitely painted representing the second
month with two magnolia trees on one side and stalks of bamboo
on the reverse.
2 º in. (5.8 cm.) diam.

HK$350,000-450,000 US$46,000-58,000

It is rare to find cups emblematic of the twelve months painted in
underglaze-blue and without the poetic inscription. Comparing to
similarly painted ‘month cups’ with inscriptions, the present cup can
be identified as representing the second month with two flowering
magnolia trees. Compare with three complete sets of cups for all
twelve months with poetic inscriptions, the first is in the Qing Court
Collection, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed
Red (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum,
Hong Kong, 2000, no. 71; the second in the Nanjing Museum,
illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and
Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 21, the third complete set is
illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art - Chinese Ceramics IV - Qing
Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 105B.

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