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KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE 'HUNDRED BIRDS' BOWL
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bowl is finely decorated to the exterior with a continuous scene of a phoenix standing on rocks beneath the moon, amongst flying cranes and accomplished by numerous other birds, surrounded by trees and flowers. The centre of the interior is painted with a circular medallion depicting a three-legged toad on a cliff edge, below a band of flowers to the mouth rim. The base has an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam.
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bowl is finely decorated to the exterior with a continuous scene of a phoenix standing on rocks beneath the moon, amongst flying cranes and accomplished by numerous other birds, surrounded by trees and flowers. The centre of the interior is painted with a circular medallion depicting a three-legged toad on a cliff edge, below a band of flowers to the mouth rim. The base has an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Collection of Professor Stephen Charles Wallace, FInstP, and Dr. Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FInstP.
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