A Chinese blue and white octagonal deep bowl painted to the interior with a dragonfly among peony and rockwork, the exterior with panels of similar design (fritting to rim) -- 12½in.diam.,; and another blue and white deep bowl painted to the exterior with lappet-shaped panels of insects among flowers above a band of stiff leaves (cracked) -- 12½in.diam., both Kangxi.

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A Chinese blue and white octagonal deep bowl painted to the interior with a dragonfly among peony and rockwork, the exterior with panels of similar design (fritting to rim) -- 12½in.diam.,; and another blue and white deep bowl painted to the exterior with lappet-shaped panels of insects among flowers above a band of stiff leaves (cracked) -- 12½in.diam., both Kangxi.
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