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

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A FINE PAIR OF AUBERGINE-GLAZED BOWLS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
4 3⁄4 in. (12.2 cm.) diam., boxes

Provenance

Collection of the Hon. Mountstuart W. Elphinstone
Collection of E.G. Kostolany
Collection of H.M. Knight
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 12 May 1970, lot 89
E.T. Hall Collection, nos. 34 and 35 (according to labels)
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 May 2002, lot 522

Exhibited

International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-1936, Catalogue, nos. 2626 and 2632 (fig. 1)
Oosterse Schatten. 4000 Jaar Aziatische Kunst, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1954, Catalogue, no. 306

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Lot Essay

A similar pair of Kangxi aubergine-glazed bowls was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3703; and a single example is illustrated in The Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1992, p. 355, no. 222.

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