A FAMILLE VERTE 'MONTH' CUP WITH KANGXI MARK BUT LATER The cup is delicately potted with flaring sides, with the exterior painted and enamelled representing the sixth month with a mandarin duck swimming in a lotus pond with a kingfisher in flight overhead. The reverse has an inscription, roughly 'Jade-like, the lotus root is untainted by muddy waters; the gathering dew drops are like pearls on its heart-shaped leaves', followed by a seal mark reading ‘Shang’ (lit. ‘Appreciation’). The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Kangxi mark. H: 4,8 cm