Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Chinese blue and white klapmutz bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with four scenes from the ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’ below an everted rim with diamond pattern band, the interior decorated with a central roundel containing boys playing in a landscape, the inner rim with a diaper pattern band, Kangxi mark to the base.
Dimensions:
Diameter: 20.2cm. (7 15/16 in.), height: 9.6cm. (3 ¾ in.)
Condition:
Minute glaze spots to rim and interior.
Notes:
The Romance of the Western Chamber is China’s most popular love story, telling the travails of the poor, aspiring young scholar Zhang and the beautiful Yingying, the daughter of a high-ranking official. After many romantic experiences and dramatic difficulties, the two lovers eventually get married.
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