KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A RARE PAIR OF WUCAI 'FISH' BOWLS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each with deep sides rising to a flared rim, painted on the exterior with four different fish swimming amidst water weeds and with an iron-red fish on the interior
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam., wood stands (2)

Provenance

Acquired from Earl and Irene Morse in 1972.

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Lot Essay

Compare the bowl of comparable size and shape also decorated with similar types of fish illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 1998, no. 117. The Shanghai bowl has four fish on the exterior, but without the water weeds, and four fish on the walls of the interior above an iron-red carp in the center, which is very similar to that in the center of the present bowls.

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