A PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED BOWLS

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

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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED BOWLS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The deep, rounded sides incised with four stylized flower heads separated by clouds and set between a band of petal lappets below and a double line border above, the center of the interior with a similar flower head within a double circle, all beneath a glaze of soft egg yolk-yellow color
4¾ in. (12 cm.) diam., wood stands (2)

Provenance

Emily Trevor, New York.

Lot Essay

A similar bowl with Kangxi mark is illustrated by R. Krahl and C. von Spee in Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, Germany, 2003, pp. 128-9, no. 97, which was previously sold in our London rooms, 13 December 1976, lot 55. Another in the Percival David Foundation is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome, London, 1973, no. A599. Bowls of this type continued to be made during the Qianlong and Daoguang periods, as evidenced by the preceding lot.

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