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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE FAMILLE VERTE 'MONTH' CUP
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A FINE FAMILLE VERTE 'MONTH' CUP
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The deep thinly potted sides rising to a slightly everted rim, delicately painted representing the third month with a blossoming peach tree (taohua) growing from a grassy plane, the reverse with inscription Fenghua xinshe yan, shijie jiuchun nong, translating to 'The swallow returns when the blossoms sway in the breeze, the farmer returns to his field in this season late in Spring.'
2 in. (5 cm.) high
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The deep thinly potted sides rising to a slightly everted rim, delicately painted representing the third month with a blossoming peach tree (taohua) growing from a grassy plane, the reverse with inscription Fenghua xinshe yan, shijie jiuchun nong, translating to 'The swallow returns when the blossoms sway in the breeze, the farmer returns to his field in this season late in Spring.'
2 in. (5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the 1970s.