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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION (another view)
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A RARE DOUCAI BOWL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE
CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is fnely decorated with a pheasant seated on a rock
amidst peonies looking at its mate in fight on the reverse, while
butterfies and insects futter nearby.
7Ω in. (19.2 cm.) diam.
$30,000-40,000
PROVENANCE:
Chait Galleries, New York, 1930s-40s.
A Chenghua-marked doucai bowl of similar shape and related decoration,
retaining its original cover, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains of Polychrome and
Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 151, no. 139, where it is dated
to the Kangxi period. Similar decoration can also be seen on a Kangxi-
marked, doucai bowl illustrated, ibid., p. 215, no. 196.
清康熙 鬥彩雉雞牡丹紋盌 雙圈六字楷書款
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