Two blue and white 'klapmuts' bowls

ONE WITH A CHENGHUA, THE SECOND WITH A XUANDE SIX CHARACTER MARK, BOTH KANGXI

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Two blue and white 'klapmuts' bowls
One with a Chenghua, the second with a Xuande six character mark, both Kangxi
The first bowl decorated to the exterior with a continuous scene of women and children in a garden setting, the interior with a roundel including two boys below cartouches of peach reserved on a trellis-pattern band encircling the rim (small rim chip); and a bowl painted similarly to the interior, the exterior with two scenes from 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' divided by calligraphy (slight polish to part of the rim)
both 16 cm. diam. (2)

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