Lot Essay
Previously sold in these rooms, May 6, 1980, lot 154
QING CERAMICS
A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS
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A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARKS, KANGXI
Heavily potted with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, decorated on the exterior in deep tones of underglaze blue with a dense pattern of composite floral scroll borne on a ground of foliate tendrils and above an interlaced stylized ruyi head band just above the foot, the interior with a similarly decorated roundel at the center and a wide band below the rim, all within double and single line borders, shallow foot chip to one
9½in. (24.2cm.) diam. (2)
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARKS, KANGXI
Heavily potted with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, decorated on the exterior in deep tones of underglaze blue with a dense pattern of composite floral scroll borne on a ground of foliate tendrils and above an interlaced stylized ruyi head band just above the foot, the interior with a similarly decorated roundel at the center and a wide band below the rim, all within double and single line borders, shallow foot chip to one
9½in. (24.2cm.) diam. (2)