Lot 227
227
A Blue and White Lobed Conical Bowl
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NORMA AND WILLIAM GRUBER
A Blue and White Lobed Conical Bowl

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

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A Blue and White Lobed Conical Bowl
Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period
The widely flared sides notched at the rim, painted on the interior with a fruiting branch medallion from which radiate six flower sprays positioned below a narrow band of detached flower sprigs, the exterior with an upper register of grapevine and five fruiting branches above a row of flower sprigs, the foot encircled by a band of classic scroll
8.13/16in. (22.4cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A bowl of this unusual pattern is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art; Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 51. For the fifteenth century prototype, see R. L. d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, pl. L1(C).

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