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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF GENERAL JOSEPH W. STILWELL
971
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL LACQUERED AND MOLDED
GOURD BOWL
KANGXI SHANGWAN FOUR-CHARACTER MOLDED MARK
WITHIN A CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The rounded sides of the bowl are fnely molded on the exterior with a band of
lotus scroll, each lotus blossom supporting a peach. The black lacquer interior
is decorated with six gilt roundels of grapes and vines on black lacquer ground.
A faint four-character Kangxi shangwan (for the appreciation and pleasure of
Kangxi) mark within a circle is molded on the base.
6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) diam.

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE
The Collection of General Joseph W. Stilwell (1883-1946), acquired in the early
twentieth century, and thence by descent within the family.
清康熙 御製匏器外纏枝蓮托壽桃內黑漆描金葡萄紋盌
單圈《康熙賞玩》楷書印款

(interior)

(mark)

30000
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