KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A FAMILLE VERTE AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE OCTAGONAL BOWL
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is decorated on each side with a narrative scene with figures within a double-line border, all above a band of upright lappets around the foot. The interior is decorated with a seated figure in the centre and a band of scroll-form panels enclosing antiques. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark.
8 3/8 in. (21.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Bluett & Sons, London, February 1946, as recorded in the RHRP ledger
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 607

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Lot Essay

A similar bowl is formerly in the George Eumorfopoulos Collection (inv. no. 1245), was bought by Sir William Burrell (inv. no. 38/786) from Frank Partridge & Sons on 19 June 1947. This bowl was exhibited at City of Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Chinese applied Art: bronzes, pottery, porcelains, jades, embroideries, carpets, enamels, lacquers, etc., Summer 1913.

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