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

A slightly larger Kangxi bowl of the same pattern is illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1999, p. 148, no. 136. A Kangxi-marked bowl of this pattern in the collection of the Nanjing Museum is illustrated by Xu Huping, The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 86. Compare, also, to the pair of similar bowls included in the Hong Kong Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, 1979, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 32.