A RARE GILDED MOLDED PORCELAIN BOWL

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

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A RARE GILDED MOLDED PORCELAIN BOWL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
With deep rounded sides raised on a straight foot ring, the exterior molded in relief with a band of stylized characters repeated in groups of four separated by four bats grasping double peach sprays, all gilded and reserved on a burnished gilt ground, the interior white below the gilded rim
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

The Kangxi mark found on this bowl is very unusual. It can be seen on a gilded porcelain dish molded with shou medallions that are painted in blue enamel in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Feng Xianming and Geng Baochang (eds.), Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing Dynasty at the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1994, p. 91, no. 53.

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