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A RARE DOUCAI BOWL
A RARE DOUCAI BOWL
A RARE DOUCAI BOWL
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A RARE DOUCAI BOWL

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

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A RARE DOUCAI BOWL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is finely decorated with a pheasant seated on a rock amidst peonies looking at its mate in flight on the reverse, while butterflies and insects flutter nearby.
7 ½ in. (19.2 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Chait Galleries, New York, 1930s-40s.

Lot Essay

A Chenghua-marked doucai bowl of similar shape and related decoration, retaining its original cover, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains of Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 151, no. 139, where it is dated to the Kangxi period. Similar decoration can also be seen on a Kangxi-marked, doucai bowl illustrated, ibid., p. 215, no. 196.

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