KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each bowl is decorated to the exterior with two five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls and two phoenix amongst scrolling clouds, all above rocks rising from cresting waves. The foot rims are encircled with a band of floral sprays with green and aubergine enamels.
6 in. (15.3 cm.) wide.

Provenance

Amassed in Europe in the 1980s.

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Lot Essay

A related doucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl of the same size but with a yellow ground in the collection of the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum, Wang Qingzheng, Hong Kong, 1998, p 248, pl. 160.

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