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A FAMILLE VERTE ‘MONTH’ CUP PROVENANCE
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662- Formerly in a Private English Collection, acquired in London in
the 1960s.

1722) The poem inscribed to the reverse can be translated as ‘after
the fragrance of the evening rain; the rising sun enhances the
The cup is decorated with a fowering apricot tree, representing beauty of the fowers in the mist’.
the second month. It is inscribed to the reverse with a couplet
reading qing xiang he su yu; jia se chu qing yan, ending with a 清康熙 五彩「杏花」花神盃 雙圈六字楷書款
single-character seal mark, shang, ‘appreciation’.

2¬ in. (6.6 cm.) diam. 來源：英國私人珍藏，於1960年代購自倫敦
£3,000-5,000
$3,800-6,300

€3,500-5,800

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A BLUE AND WHITE
AND COPPER-RED- (mark)
DECORATED BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-
CHARACTER SEAL MARK
IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)

The bowl is decorated on one
side with branches of prunus,
bamboo and lingzhi fungus in
a rockwork garden. The other
side has a poetic inscription.
The interior is painted with a
single spray of lingzhi.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam.

£1,000-1,500 $1,300-1,900
€1,200-1,700

清乾隆 青花釉裡紅芝仙
祝壽詩文碗 六字篆書款

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