A RARE LARGE COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED FISH BOWL

A RARE LARGE COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED FISH BOWL
KANGXI

Of baluster form with rolled rim, finely painted in shades of underglaze red with a continuous pattern of large and small carp swimming in different directions amidst waterweeds and aquatic plants, the water represented by fluidly drawn, thin, wavy lines of varying length running horizontally around the body, the red ranging in tone from brilliant crushed raspberry to liver red, the eyes of the fish and the double line borders at the rim and foot picked out in underglaze blue, the interior glazed white
16in. (40.6cm.) across