KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A RARE FAMILLE VERTE BOWL
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is finely decorated with a branch of prunus blossoms above a stream scattered with fallen flowers. The interior is decorated with three blossoms and petals. An apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark is on the base.
8¼ in. (21 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Bluett & Sons, London.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.

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Lot Essay

A bowl of this unusual shape and rare design, also with a Chenghua mark, but similarly dated to the Kangxi period, is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Shanghai/Hong Kong, 1998, no. 97. See, also, the almost identical bowl sold at Christie's New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1381.

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