Blue and White Klapmutz Bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722)

Ref: W147

£ 5,800

Chinese blue and white klapmutz bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with four scenes from the ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’ below an everted rim with diamond pattern band, the interior decorated with a central roundel containing boys playing in a landscape, the inner rim with a diaper pattern, with Kangxi mark to the base; Subject to being available

Dimensions:

Height: 9.6cm. (3 ¾ in.);diameter: 20.5cm (8in.),

Condition:

good ;very minor glaze marks to interior, slight wear to footrim

Notes:

The Romance of the Western Chamber is China’s most popular love story, telling the travails of the poor, aspiring young scholar Zhang and the beautiful Yingying, the daughter of a high-ranking official. After many romantic experiences and dramatic difficulties, the two lovers eventually get married.