A RARE COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED FISH BOWL

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED FISH BOWL
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bowl is sturdily potted with deep sides and prominent shoulders, curving inwards to the neatly lipped rim. The exterior is finely painted in varying copper-red tones to depict a continuous scene of small and large carps swimming amongst aquatic plants and pond weeds. The rim, foot and eyes of the fish are highlighted in underglaze blue.
16 in. (40.6 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

See a fish bowl of similar decoration and form which sold in our New York rooms, 20 March 1997, lot 93.
Also compare to a very similar example in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 38, pl. 21.

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