A PAIR OF UNUSUAL LARGE WUCAI DEEP BOWLS

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL LARGE WUCAI DEEP BOWLS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each with deep rounded sides, the exterior painted in the Ming style with the Eight Buddhist Emblems above a lappet border encircling the foot, all between double blue-line borders at the rim and foot, the base of the interior with a central medallion painted with a stylized lingzhi fungus, the base with a gilt shou medallion
6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

Kangxi period bowls of this design, which are based on earlier Ming dynasty prototypes, appear to be quite rare. For a Chenghua example see the bowl excavated at the site of the Ming imperial kilns at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, included in the exhibition, A Legacy of Chenghua, The T. T. Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 334-5, no. C123. Two Wanli-marked bowls of this pattern have been published; one in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Good Fortune, Long Life, Health and Peace: A Special Exhibition of Porcelains with Auspicious Designs, Taipei, 1995, p. 81, no. 7; the other is illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours - 38 - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 205, no. 187.

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