KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A Fine Pair of Wucai Dragon and Phoenix Bowls
Kangxi six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722)
Each finely decorated on the exterior with two dragons in green glaze and iron red pursuing flaming pearls amidst flower sprigs, the two separated by two phoenixes descending from a narrow border of the bajixiang conjoined by a ruyi-head band, with another iron-red dragon leaping after a flaming pearl amidst green flames in a medallion on the interior, all within double-line borders
5¼in. (13.2cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

Compare the pair of similar bowls included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. Exhibition of Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, 1979, no. 32, and a single bowl illustrated in the The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 96. See, also, the pair sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 29 October 2001, lot 509.

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