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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE HUDSON VALLEY COLLECTION
A DOUCAI 'SEVEN SAGES' BOWL
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A DOUCAI 'SEVEN SAGES' BOWL
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is decorated with a continuous scene of the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', portraying the sages in conversation, playing weiqi and practicing calligraphy, while in the center of the interior a boy is shown kicking a ball within a double blue line border. An illegible mark is on the base.
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam.
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is decorated with a continuous scene of the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', portraying the sages in conversation, playing weiqi and practicing calligraphy, while in the center of the interior a boy is shown kicking a ball within a double blue line border. An illegible mark is on the base.
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Christie's New York, 20 November 1979, lot 349.