A BLUE AND WHITE 'KLAPMUTS' BOWL, China, Kangxi period (1661-1722)

Well-painted in blue below deck with two court scenes depicting characters in gardens on the outside, three children playing in a landscape in the inner centre; on the rim inside and outside it has beehive motifs and four reserves with peaches and Buddhist symbols; in the centre of the base it bears the six-character apocryphal mark in underglaze of Emperor Chenghua within a double circle.

清康熙 青花人物故事图碗