Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Chinese blue and white porcelain finely painted bowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722), the exterior painted in a good underglaze blue with a continuous scene of scholars in various pursuits as playing go, the zither and admiring scroll paintings, the interior with a pine tree in a jardinière and the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark
Dimensions:
Diameter 20.8 cm
Condition:
(two long hairline cracks and two small rim chips)
Provenance:
From the private collection of a Dutch noble family
Guest & Gray 58 Davies StreetLondonW1K 5LP