KANGXI (1662-1722)

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a rare cloisonné enamel bowl-stand
Kangxi (1662-1722)
Of hexafoil shape with flaring base, the cup of alms-bowl shape, variously decorated with shou characters, archaistic chilong, rocks and waves, all reserved on a turquoise ground, old chips infilled
5½ in. (14 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

For information pertaining to Song and Yuan Dynasty bowl-stands, made form lacquer and ceramic and to which the form of this Qing example can be traced, refer Lot 628, offered Christies, Hong Kong, 30 April, 2001.
Compare a similar bowl-stand in the Kemp collection, illustrated by Garber, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne enamels, p.85, fig.62B

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