A PAIR OF AUBERGINE-GLAZED DEEP BOWLS

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A PAIR OF AUBERGINE-GLAZED DEEP BOWLS
Kangxi Six-Character Marks in Underglaze Blue within a Double Circle and of the Period
With steeply rounded deep sides rising from a short foot, all under a deep purple-blue glaze thinning at the mouth rim
4.7/8in. (12.4cm.) diam., box (2)

Literature

The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 16 (one only).

Lot Essay

Similar bowls have been included in various exhibitions: Chinesische Keramik, Meisterwerke aus Privatsammlungen, Museum fr Ostasiatische Kunst, Kln, 1988, illustrated by U. Wiesner in the Catalogue, p. 168, no. 122; Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 9 June - 2 August 1992, Catalogue, p. 355, no. 222; and the Inaugural Exhibition, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England, April 1993, vol. I, Chinese Ceramics, p. 242, no. 191.