KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

The bold design and palette of this rare bowl may have been inspired by a Ming prototype, such as the Zhengde mark-and-period bowl enameled in green and yellow and decorated with six dragon roundels in underglaze blue on the exterior, excavated in 1987 from the Ming imperial kiln site at Zhushan, Jingdezhen. See Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China - 14 - Jiangxi, Beijing, 2008, p. 212, no. 212.