A fine and extremely rare famille-verte 'floating petal' cup, Mark and period of Kangxi | 清康熙 五彩落花流水圖盃 《大清康熙年製》款

A fine and extremely rare famille-verte 'floating petal' cup,

Mark and period of Kangxi

清康熙 五彩落花流水圖盃 《大清康熙年製》款

with steep sides rising from a countersunk base to a slightly flared rim, delicately enamelled to the lower part of the exterior with vivid iron-red petals floating in the water amongst various types of bright green waterweed, the rippling waves freely painted in a delicate manner suggestive of wispy clouds, all between a double-line border around the rim and a single line around the base, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double square

d. 8.3 cm