Lot 110. A wucai ‘Rose’ month cup, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); 6.5cm, 2 ½ in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,625 GBP. © Sotheby's.

delicately potted, the U-shaped body rising from a short foot to a flared rim, the exterior brightly painted with rose blossoms in a garden landscape with three insects in flight, representing the eleventh month, the reverse with a poetic inscription which may be translated as ‘Unlike the myriad blossoms that flower and wither; the rose alone is perennially red', followed by a square seal reading Shang, the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle.