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

The combination of magnolia and peony represents the auspicious saying 'yu tang fu gui', meaning 'may you have wealth, honour and prosperity'. A similar Kangxi mark and period example with the same design but additionally decorated with iron-red as well as copper-red is in the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated by Geng Baochang in Gugong Bowuyuan cang Qingdai yuyao ciqi, Beijing, 2005, vol. I part I, pl. 29. A later pair of Yongzheng mark and period bowls were sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 October 1972, lot 128.