Lot Essay
See a similar Kangxi period blue and white 'lotus' bowl, illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 19.
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KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE 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 A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each bowl is potted with tall rounded sides rising to a flaring mouth rim and supported on a short tapered foot. The exteriors are each painted in shades of cobalt blue with a continuous meander of six lotus heads with scrolling leaves above a lappet band. The interiors are each decorated with a lotus flower head.
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) diam.
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each bowl is potted with tall rounded sides rising to a flaring mouth rim and supported on a short tapered foot. The exteriors are each painted in shades of cobalt blue with a continuous meander of six lotus heads with scrolling leaves above a lappet band. The interiors are each decorated with a lotus flower head.
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Christie's London, 5 December 1994, lot 21.
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