Tunt modellerad med djupa rundade sidor, dekor i underglasyrblått med narcisser och en rosbuske intill en s.k. 'scholars rock', frånsidan med ytterligare en narciss och kalligrafi. Höjd 5 cm. Diameter 6,5 cm.
Spricka.
Proveniens
From a private Swedish Collector.
Litteratur
Compare with three complete sets of cups for all twelve months with peotic 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.
Övrig information
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.
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