*A CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE LOTUS BOWL

SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722

Painted with six lotus flowers and scrolling foliage above a band of lappets, the interior with a single lotus flower, 12.2cm.

Cf. Blue and White Wares of the Ch'ing Dynasty, The National Palace Museum, Taiwan, Book I, pl.12, and C Xiaozhong & P Lam, Qing Imperial Porcelain, no.19, where similar bowls are illustrated.