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A FAMILLE VERTE ‘BUTTERFLY AND FLOWER’ 清康熙 五彩蝶戀花酒盃

CUP 盃外壁一面繪礬紅綠彩木棉花兩朵，另一面繪兩只彩蝶漫天飛舞，底刻
雙方框成化四字偽款。
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
可參考北京故宮博物院一件康熙五彩木棉花蝴蝶紋盃，其構圖及用色與
The cup is delicately enamelled on the exterior with two 本盃基本一致，惟書雙方框青花成化偽款，與本盃上的刻款不同，見
butterflies on one side and a flowering branch bearing iron-red 1999 年香港出版故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《五彩．鬥彩》，圖版 120 號。
kapok blossoms on the other side. The base is incised with an
apocryphal Chenghua mark within a double square.
2 ¡ in. (6.1 cm.) diam.

HK$150,000-300,000 US$20,000-39,000

Compare to a Kangxi famille verte cup similarly decorated with two
iron-red kapok flowers and butterflies, bearing an apocryphal Chenghua
mark which is inscribed in underglaze blue as opposed to the incised
mark on the current example, in the Palace Museum Collection and
illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong,
1999, pl. 120.

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