A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'KUI XING' BOWL

QING DYNASTY

The barrel-shaped body decorated with a repeating design of the deity of examinations Kui Xing leaping amidst stylized clouds and constellations, the shoulder painted with the Chinese titles of The Book of Rites, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Book of Changes, and the Classic of Poetry, 22.2cm.

Provenance: from the collection of J A P Charrington Esq (d.1979), Hampshire, and thence by descent.

Cf. S Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector's View, pp.190 and 248 for two brushpots also decorated with Kui Xing; see also p.204 for an article about Kui Xing.