THE BOWL CIRCA 1640; THE DISH KANGXI

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A blue and white transitional bowl and a dish
The bowl circa 1640; the dish Kangxi
The inner central panel depicting European-style houses on a riverbank with two boating figures and ducks in the foreground, surrounded on both steep sides with various figure scenes including similar buildings, divided by Iznik-style tulip panels, damaged and repaired, polished rim, 35 cm. diam.; and a dish painted to the centre with the figure of Guanyin seated on a dias with mandorla, between a lady and male attendant, the rim moulded by tulip-shaped panels decorated with flower stems, rim cracks and chips, 38.8 cm. diam. (2)

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Lot Essay

For scenes with similar European-style houses and Chinese figures, see an example in The Sypesteyn Museum, Loosdrecht, illustrated in D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain, Chine de Commande, fig. 45 and 46; and M. Rinaldi, London, 1989, Kraak Porcelain, p. 163, pl. 202.

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