Ref: W813
Archive item - not for sale
Chinese blue and white klapmutz bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), with everted rim, painted in underglaze cobalt blue to the exterior with four panels, two of which contain scenes inside a pavilion, alternating with panels of calligraphy, the everted rim with five cartouches containing precious objects against a liewen ground, the interior with a central roundel containing two children playing in a landscape within concentric bands, the inner rim with leiwen pattern and five cartouches containing peaches, apocryphal Xuande mark to the base.
The inscriptions refer to 'Romance of the Western Chamber'.
Dimensions:
Height: 7.5cm. (3 in.); diameter:16 cm. (6 5/16in.)
Condition:
Three very small chips to the rim, one small shallow flake and two small hairlines
