Lot Essay
Compare with a related Kangxi-marked water pot, illustrated by Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. II, no. 717, p. 111; one in the Baur Collection, Geneva, is illustrated by Ayers, 1968-1974, Vol. IV, no. A539; from the Palace Museum, Peking, is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, pl. 24; and yet another is illustrated in Qingdai Taoci Daquan, p. 78.
A smaller (7.9 cm. high) Kangxi-marked waterpot with low rounded foot, but with similar flower designs from the Shanghai Museum is illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Vol. 5, p. 74.
(US$28,000-36,000)
A smaller (7.9 cm. high) Kangxi-marked waterpot with low rounded foot, but with similar flower designs from the Shanghai Museum is illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Vol. 5, p. 74.
(US$28,000-36,000)