A FINE AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED FLARING BOWL, Kangxi (1662 - 1722)
Diameter: 33cm; 13 ins.
With barbed rim, painted to th interior of the steep sides with a central roundel of birds in flight above peonies issuing from rockwork within a similar border below a...
With barbed rim, painted to th interior of the steep sides with a central roundel of birds in flight above peonies issuing from rockwork within a similar border below a band of floral cartouches on a diaper ground, the exterior with swirling and petal-shaped panels of insects in flight among peonies, prunus and chrysanthemums issuing from rockwork.
Literature
Rosemary Scott, 'Blue-and-White Porcelains of the Late Ming-Early Qing', in: A Catalogue of Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, ed. Anita Gray, London, n.d., p.12, no. 33.
