A CHINESE IMPERIAL WUCAI 'MONTH' CUP

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

Painted in underglaze blue, iron-red and coloured enamels with narcissus and flowering branches emblematic of the first month of the year, 5.8cm.

Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.

Cf. Poly Museum, Shimmering Romance - a Special Exhibition of Kangxi Porcelain and Works of Art, p.134 for a Kangxi month cup with similar decoration.