A CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'PALACE' BOWL

£4,000 - £6,000

£5,080

A CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'PALACE' BOWL
SIX-CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722

The U-shaped bowl rising from a gently tapering foot to an everted rim, painted to the exterior with six lotus flowerheads on a continuous scrolling branch, with a band of lappets encircling the foot, the well decorated with a medallion enclosing a single lotus bloom amidst stylised leaves, the base unglazed, 16.1cm.

From an English private collection, purchased in London in the 1990s.

Cf. Porcelain of the National Palace Museum, Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, book 1, p.56, pl.12 for a similar bowl; see also W Qian, Tianwuguan Cang Ci, vol.1, pp.138-139 and P Y K Lam and X Cheng, Qing Imperial Porcelain, no.19 for other related pieces.

清康熙青花纏枝蓮紋宮碗
《大清康熙年製》楷書款
來源：英國私人收藏，1990年代購於倫敦。