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PROPERTY OF A MAINE PRIVATE COLLECTOR PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLORAL’ BOWLS TWO BLUE AND WHITE ‘SEVEN SCHOLARS’
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD BOWLS
KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD
each of conical form, the deep flaring sides resting on a
narrow straight foot, painted in shades of cobalt with large each of ‘klapmuts’ form with deep rounded sides, resting on
floral stems issuing from rockwork, a large grasshopper a straight foot and steeply flaring at the rim, painted in inky
resting on one stem and a flitting butterfly nearby, the cobalt washes with a scholarly gathering in a rocky bamboo
interior with a border of leafy floral branches at the rim, the grove, a group listening to the qin, a group conversing, and
central medallion enclosing stems of asters beside a cliff an attendant preparing a meal to the side, all below a ‘prunus
face, the recessed base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark, and cracked ice’ rim border, the interior with a contemplative
wood stands (4) scholar seated on a rock, the inner rim painted with a band
Diameter 8¾ in., 22.3 cm of pine and peony, the base with a six-character mark in
underglaze blue within a double circle, one bowl painted with
PROVENANCE
cloud scrolls (2)
T. Y. King & Sons Ltd., Hong Kong, 1953. Diameter 8⅛ in., 20.1 cm
EXHIBITED PROVENANCE
Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong, circa 1953. Frank Crane, The Hundred Antiques, Toronto, 1960s-1980s,
and thence by descent.
$ 10,000-15,000
$ 6,000-8,000

清康熙 青花花石圖盌一對
清康熙 青花竹林七賢圖折沿盌一對
《大明成化年製》仿款
《大清康熙年製》款
來源
金才记，香港，1953年 來源
Frank Crane，The Hundred Antiques，多倫多，
展覽
馮平山博物館，香港，約1953年 1960至1980年代，此後家族傳承
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