A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'GEESE IN A POND' BOWL

SIX CHARACTER JIAJING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1522-66

The conical body decorated with four geese in a continuous scene of an aquatic landscape, with a double band in underglaze blue to the short circular foot and both the interior and exterior rims, the well of the bowl decorated with a single duck perched on a rock amidst swaying reeds, 8.7cm.

Provenance: from the collection of G R A Murray and thence by descent.

Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong 7th April 2013, lot 3124 for a closely related bowl, and also Sotheby's Hong Kong 24th November 2014, lot 1162.