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709 PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST COLLECTOR
208 SOTHEBY’S
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE
‘PEONY’ BOWLS
KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD

each with deep, rounded sides rising from a short
straight foot to an everted rim, decorated to
the exterior with a frieze of stylized peony scroll
above a petal-lappet border, the interior with
a single bloom issuing leaves within a central
roundel, the base with a six-character mark within
a double circle in underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 6⅜ in., 16.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 17th November 1998, lot 204.

$ 5,000-7,000

1998 11 17 204

709

A BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEONY
SCROLL’ DISH
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD

the shallow rounded sides resting on a short
foot, the interior with a central medallion densely
decorated with a foliated peony scroll bearing
seven blossoms with spiky petals and spindly
stems, all within a double-line border repeated at
the rim, the exterior similarly painted with nine
evenly spaced peonies wreathed in foliage, the
base with a six-character mark within a double
circle in underglaze blue
Diameter 8¼ in., 21.1 cm

$ 4,000-6,000