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3190 䙫⎋⽖㐯炻㶙⻏⡩炻⚰嵛ˤ忂橼曺剙䲳梦炻ᶨ朊丒ᶨ㚰剙䤆
㯜ẁ剙炻側朊≈梦㯜ẁ㔠⎊ˤ⸽曺剙暁⚰ℏ㚠˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜
A FINE RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘NARCISSUS’ 墥˫㤟㚠㫦ˤ⋩Ḵ㚰剙䤆䙫⼊橼䥨伶炻偶唬橼庽炻䁢⹟䅁䒟
MONTH CUP ᷕ䘬⎵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 cup is thinly potted with deep rounded sides rising to a
gently flaring rim. The exterior is finely painted representing the
first month with flowering narcissus and two long stems of roses
growing beside a scholar’s rock, with another narcissus on the
reverse.
2 ¡ in. (5.9 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 poems inscription. Comparing
to similarly painted ‘month cups’ with inscription, the present cup
can be identified as representing the first month with clusters of
flowering narcissus. 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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