A FINE PEACHBLOOM 'BEEHIVE' WATERPOT, TAIBO ZUN

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A FINE PEACHBLOOM 'BEEHIVE' WATERPOT, TAIBO ZUN
SIX-CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The domed sides incised with three coiled dragon medallions all under a slightly mottled glaze of deep strawberry colour with some speckled patches of mushroom tone on the waisted neck and on the sides, the white-glazed rim with red speckling on the interior--5in. (12.6cm.) diam., stand, box

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Cf. examples of this type illustrated by Koyama, Chinese Ceramics: One Hundred Selected Masterpieces, pl. 108 (bottom); J.Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. III, nos. A305 and A 313-316; Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 12, pl. 50; S.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, pl. 138, no. 4; Tokyo National Museum, Catalogue, no. 657; M. Beurdeley, La Ceramique Chinoise, pl. 98; and the Berlin Exhibition, 1929, Catalogue, nos. 832 and 833

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