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AN UNUSUAL ENAMELED DEEP
‘LOTUS ROUNDEL’ BOWL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The deep, rounded sides are decorated in aubergine, pale bluish-green,
white yellow and black on a rich green ground with roundels of lotus in
diferent arrangements alternating with stylized ruyi-form clouds, all
below a band of crashing waves and forets below the rim, and above a
band of classic scroll on the foot. The interior is decorated with a similar
large roundel of lotus surrounded by stylized ruyi-form clouds.
4¬ in. (11.8 cm.) diam.

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1926.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy
Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1926.
The bold design and palette of this rare bowl may have been inspired by a
Ming prototype, such as the Zhengde mark-and-period bowl enameled in
green and yellow and decorated with six dragon roundels in underglaze
blue on the exterior, excavated in 1987 from the Ming imperial kiln
site at Zhushan, Jingdezhen. See Complete Collection of Ceramic Art
Unearthed in China - 14 - Jiangxi, Beijing, 2008, p. 212, no. 212.
清康熙 綠地五彩團荷紋盌 雙圈六字楷書款

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