A WUCAI `HIBISCUS` `MONTH` CUP

Lot 1031
19.09.2025 09:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1466664
Lot 1031 | A WUCAI 'HIBISCUS' 'MONTH' CUP
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
A WUCAI 'HIBISCUS' 'MONTH' CUP
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Representing the tenth lunar month, the cup is finely decorated on one side with a blossoming hibiscus tree and is inscribed on the other side with a short poem referencing evening rain and flowers in the mists. Together with a wucai 'lotus' 'month' cup with ducks, Kangxi six-character mark within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722), representing the sixth lunar month.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) diam.




Provenance

Thomas R. Vaughan (1908-1979) Collection, New York, and thence by descent within the family.
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