wine-cup BM-PDF.815

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1662-1722
Materials:porcelain
Technique:wucai, underglazed,

Dimensions:Diameter: 65 millimetres Height: 50 millimetres

Description:
Set of twelve porcelain wine-cups with deep sides. The wine-cups have a fine white eggshell body. There is a different seasonal tree, shrub or flower, to represent one of the twelve months, in ‘famille verte’ palette enamel and underglaze blue on the exterior of each cup.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Qing Kangxi 1662-1722 Room 95 label text:PDF 815a-l A set of twelve wucai month wine cupsEach of these dozen porcelain wine cups is decorated in underglaze blue and in translucent overglaze colours, with a different flower motif pertaining to the twelve months of the lunar year, and each is accompanied by a couplet ending with the seal 賞 (shang ‘appreciation or reward’). The porcelain is so thin you can see the calligraphy through the walls of the cups without additional lighting. According to Yang Boda, the first month is represented by wintersweet, 2. apricot, 3. crab-apple or peach, 4. peony, 5. pomegranate, 6. lotus, 7. orchid, 8. cassia, 9. chrysanthemum, 10. rose, 11 white-flowering prunus, 12. narcissus. It is extremely rare to see a complete set of these cups.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze enamelsJingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮Qing dynasty, Kangxi marks and period, about AD 1700 Sets of 12 Kangxi month cups are in The Palace Museum, Beijing and Nanjing Museum. Regarding the ordering of the cups, there are different opinions from different researchers. For example there are different orders in the catalogue “Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Regins” (清瓷萃珍－清代康雍乾官窯瓷器) published by Art Museum The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and also in April 2009 “Idemitsu Museum of Arts Journal of Art” (出光美術館研究紀要. . PDF 815a-1五彩十二月花神酒杯（一套12件）十二隻酒杯皆以青花和透明釉上彩，分別描繪象徵十二個農曆月份的不同花卉作為主題，並配有聯句，尾附“賞”（意為欣賞或賞赐）字印文。瓷杯胎體甚薄，以致就算無輔助光線，所書文字也可透過杯壁。依楊伯達研究，一月代表花卉為臘梅，二月為杏花，三月為海棠花或桃花，四月為牡丹，五月為石榴，六月為荷花，七月為蘭花，八月為桂花，九月為菊花，十月為月季，十一月為冬梅，十二月為水仙。完整成套的杯子非常罕見。瓷器，青花，釉上彩江西省景德鎮清代，康熙，康熙款，約1700年