KANGXI UNDERGLAZE-BLUE SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A FINE FAMILLE VERTE 'MONTH' CUP
KANGXI UNDERGLAZE-BLUE SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Delicately potted with tall flaring sides rising from a short straight-cut foot, painted and enamelled to the exterior with two bare-branched wintersweet trees growing from rocks and amidst lingzhi fungus, one side with a fourteen-character inscription, followed by the seal mark Shang (appreciation)
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The current cup is representative of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, identified by the flowering wintersweet trees growing amidst lingzhi fungus.
The inscription reads:
Jinying cuinou dai chunhan, huangse huazhong you jiban, which may be translated as 'Spring frost adorns the golden flowers and verdant stem. But tell me, just how many yellow blossoms flower this time?'.

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