Lot Essay
Compare with a conical bowl painted with the identical design and a reign mark probably by the same hand, illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 51.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE DEEP BOWL
Details
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE DEEP BOWL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bowl is thinly potted with deep rounded sides, painted with bright cobalt-blue outlines and filled in with wash on the exterior with detached fruiting sprigs of pomegranate, longyan, peach, wisteria, loquat and finger citrus above six floral sprays, the interior medallion enclosing a leafy sprig of lychee, surrounded on the cavetto with further floral sprays of lotus, peony and chrysanthemum, and a smaller band of florets below the rim, all within double-line borders (short hairline)
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) diam., box
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bowl is thinly potted with deep rounded sides, painted with bright cobalt-blue outlines and filled in with wash on the exterior with detached fruiting sprigs of pomegranate, longyan, peach, wisteria, loquat and finger citrus above six floral sprays, the interior medallion enclosing a leafy sprig of lychee, surrounded on the cavetto with further floral sprays of lotus, peony and chrysanthemum, and a smaller band of florets below the rim, all within double-line borders (short hairline)
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) diam., box