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

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A RARE PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each bowl is decorated to the exterior in bright enamels with a green and a red five-clawed dragon alternating with two descending phoenix amongst chrysanthemum scrolls and below a band of Eight Precious Objects, the interior with a medallion enclosing a five-clawed red dragon chasing the flaming pearl.
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) diam., hongmu stands

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 30 January 1962, lot 122.
Acquired by the current owner's grandfather in London and then by descent within the family.

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Lot Essay

It is unusual to find a Kangxi wucai bowl with this design of this small size and it is even rarer to find a pair of such bowls. They may be compared with a group of three Kangxi bowls of varying sizes illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain, Nanjing Museum, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1985, no. 26.

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