AN UNUSUAL DOUCAI BOWL

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

Details
AN UNUSUAL DOUCAI BOWL
Yongzheng Six-Character Mark in Underglaze Blue within a Double Circle and of the Period
Well potted and finely painted around the exterior with carp in shades of iron-red swimming amidst various types of water weeds, within double line borders
7in. (19.7cm.) diam.
Literature
The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 115
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Joined Colors, 31 January - 28 November, 1993, no. 29.

Lot Essay

The motif of fish amidst waterweeds is based on Ming prototypes, such as the bowl illustrated by John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Smithsonian Institution, 1956, plate 64. Nearly identical fish and waterweeds can be seen on a Kangxi-marked porcelain covered vase illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Taipei, 1991, p. 55.