KANGXI

Details

An Imari deep bowl
Kangxi
Painted in underglaze blue, green, yellow enamels and gilt to the interior with a central roundel of fish amongst shells and aquatic weeds, within a broad band of trailing peony sprays and foliage, the exterior with panels of chrysanthemum sprays on a geometric pattern ground reserved with further trailing peonies, rim chips
37 cm. diam

Special notice

' ! ' :This Lot is imported from outside the EU. The Buyer's Premium is calculated as 30.505% of the hammer price up to a value of €110,000 plus 19.2% of any amount in excess of €110,000

Lot Essay

Following the immediate succes in Europe of Japanese Imari porcelain exported to the VOC via Deshima from 1682 onwards, Chinese kilns soon followed their example and developed their own Imari style. However examples such as the above lot, where the Japanese design and colour scheme were closely followed are rare.
For an identical Chinese bowl see 'Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam', C.J.A Jörg and J. van Campen, p. 202, plate 225.
A Japanese late 17th Century prototype, smaller in size and with a different central decoration, was sold at Christie's London, 21 & 22 March 1990, lot 71.

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