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

Bowls decorated in wucai technique with dragon and phoenix seen on the present pair of bowls first appeared in Kangxi period and continued in production until the late Qing dynasty. For a Qianlong-marked wucai bowl with the same decoration, see lot 2807 in the current sale.

An almost identical bowl is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 148, no. 136. Compare to a similar pair of bowls with Kangxi marks, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3317; and a further pair sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9 October 2022, lot 3657.