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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘CONVOLVULUS’ BOWL A BLUE AND WHITE ‘FU LU SHOU’ CENSER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bowl is decorated on the exterior with a scrolling convolvulus vine above a Of bombé-form, the censer is fnely decorated in vibrant shades of underglaze
band of interlocking lappets, and the center of the interior with a convolvulus blue with the ‘Three Star Gods’ representing prosperity, success and longevity,
spray within a double circle. variously seated on a deer and mythical beasts, alternating with the characters
fu, lu and shou. The rim is decorated with a chevron band and the base has an
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) diam., box
apocryphal Xuande mark.
$6,000-8,000
8Ω in. (21.6 cm.) diam.
清康熙 青花牽牛花紋盌 $10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE
John Berwald, London, circa 2000.
Chinese Ceramics from an Important Private Collection; Sotheby’s London,
6 November 2013, lot 8.
清康熙 青花 「福祿壽」 香爐

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