KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

This unusual double decoration is found only on bowls of this design and corresponding dishes with pomegranates such as the dish in the present sale, lot 2115. Several examples have been published. A bowl of this pattern, also from the Riesco Collection was illustrated by Edgar E. Bluett, The Riesco Collection of Old Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1951, fig, 31a; another example is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, London, 1994, pl. 889; one is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 81; and a pair from the Chang Foundation is illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1990, pl. 121.