A BLUE AND WHITE 'MONTH' CUP Kangxi six-character mark, Guangxu (2)A BLUE AND WHITE 'MONTH' CUPKangxi six-character mark, GuangxuThinly potted with deep rounded sides rising to a gently flaring rim, the exterior finely painted with flowering orchids representing July, growing beside rockwork and flowing stream, the other side with a poetic inscription followed by the seal Shang, the six-character mark on the recessed base, box. 6.7cm (2 5/8in) diam.; 5.3cm (2 1/8in) high. (2).清光緒 青花七月「蘭花」花神杯青花「大清康熙年製」雙圈楷書款The highly admired 'month' cups originated in the Kangxi period; compare with the 'orchid' cup in a set of blue and white month cups in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated by Chen Runmin in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi qiao qinghua ci, Beijing, 2005, p.252.圓唇，口微侈，腹斜收於圈足，外壁繪青花蘭叢，留白處書「廣殿輕香發，高臺遠吹吟」，鈐「賞」字印，足底繪青花雙圈並書楷書「大清康熙年製」六字款，通體施透明釉。此杯仿康熙十二花神杯，杯型紋樣一脈相承，比較北京故宮藏一套康熙青花十二花神杯之蘭月杯，見陳潤明編，《清順治康熙朝青花瓷》，北京，2005年，頁252。