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

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A RARE DOUCAI BOWL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Of steep form rising to the slightly everted rim, well painted around the exterior with a large bird and butterflies in flight amidst bamboo and tree peony as a second bird watches from a rocky perch, all between underglaze blue double line borders
7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Chait Galleries, New York, 1930s-40s.

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Lot Essay

A Chenghua-marked doucai bowl of similar shape and related decoration, retaining its original cover, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Porcelains of Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 151, no. 139, where it is dated to the Kangxi period. Similar decoration can also be seen on a Kangxi-marked, doucai bowl illustrated, ibid., p. 215, no. 196.

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