Lot Essay
The couplet reads Genshi nizhong yu, xincheng luxia, zhu, '(Lotus) roots are as jade, untainted in the mud, pearl-like are the dewdrops gathered on its heart-shaped leaves'.
A Kangxi seventh-month cup from the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, 1989, p. 65, no. 48; while two from the Baur Collection are illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva, vol. IV, 1974, nos. A556 and 557.
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A Kangxi seventh-month cup from the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, 1989, p. 65, no. 48; while two from the Baur Collection are illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva, vol. IV, 1974, nos. A556 and 557.
(US$20,000-25,000)