Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Finley painted klapmuts bowl, Kangxi(1668-1722) the exterior decorated with scholars in a garden landscape engaging in traditional literati pursuits known as the Four Arts (qinqishuhua), including playing the board game weiqi (Go) around a table and playing the guqin (seven-stringed zither), the interior with a potted bonsai pine tree framed within a lobed cartouche. The wide rim is painted with a geometric diaper border. the base with a six-character underglaze blue mark reading Da Qing Kangxi Nian Zhi (大清康熙年製, "Made in the Kangxi Period of the Great Qing Dynasty") enclosed within a double circle.
Dimensions:
20 cm in diameter by 9.5 cm high
Guest & Gray 58 Davies StreetLondonW1K 5LP
