KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BOWLS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each bowl has deep rounded sides and is decorated in bright tones of underglaze blue with lotus scroll on the interior and exterior, that on the interior above a lotus spray medallion and below a lotus border at the rim, and on the exterior above a band of overlapping petals.
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private collection, New Jersey.
Imperial Oriental Art, New York.

Lot Essay

A pair of bowls of this bold design with Kangxi marks is illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics, vol. 4, Geneva, 1974, nos. A 510 and A 511, where the author mentions similar examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei and the Musée Guimet, Paris. See, also, the pair sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1821 and the single bowl sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1665.

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