A WUCAI `OSMANTHUS` `MONTH` CUP

Lot 1027
19.09.2025 09:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1466616
Lot 1027 | A WUCAI 'OSMANTHUS' 'MONTH' CUP
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
A WUCAI 'OSMANTHUS' 'MONTH' CUP
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Representing the eighth lunar month, the cup is finely decorated on one side with an osmanthus tree in bloom and a rabbit, and the other side is inscribed with a short poem referring to autumn.
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) diam.




Provenance

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