A rare pair of Chinese aubergine-glazed anhua-decorated bowls six character Kangxi marks and of the period 1662-1722, the curved sides with four five-petalled flowerheads divided by clouds to the exterior and with a fifth flowerhead to the interior of each bowl, 12cm. (2)

Provenance: acquired in Paris in the late 1990s.

Cf. The Splendor of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art 1992 p.355, no.222 for related bowls; The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong no.16, and also Christie's, Hong Kong 1st June 2011, lot 3536 for a related pair of Kangxi bowls.