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

There are a number of facetted jardinières with Kangxi marks decorated in overglaze enamels or cobalt blue in museums. The subject matter varies from birds and flowers, such as a wucai jardinière decorated in similar style illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 104, pl. 95; to figural, such as a doucai jardinière depicting the Three Star Gods in a landscape in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, pp. 94-95; as well as landscapes, as seen in a blue and white jardinière painted with landscape scenes on each of the sides is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 67, pl. 58.