KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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AN INCISED BOWL WITH GREEN-GLAZED DRAGONS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
With deep rounded sides, the exterior decorated with four five-clawed dragons glazed in green and detailed in black striding through clouds atop a ground of finely incised waves that also crash against twelve rocks rising from the base, the motif repeated as a medallion on the interior, all within bright blue line borders
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

Compare the similar bowl illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987, no. 92 and another, also Kangxi mark and period, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 86, no. 69. A Zhengde mark and period prototype from the Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark collection is illustrated in Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-6, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935, no. 2056.

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