Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Chinese blue and white four-sided bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), of square cross-section with canted corners, each of the four sides decorated with a panel containing elegant ladies relaxing in a garden setting with rockwork and bamboo, engaged in various activities including playing the flute, painting and playing with a cat; with narrow panels to each corner with a diaper-pattern ground and large ruyi-heads rising to a lobed rim; the interior with a single blue line to the rim, the base with a Kangxi six-character mark and of the period.
Dimensions:
Diameter: 14.4cm. (5 5/8in.)
Condition:
Chip, frits and firing crack to footrim
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