A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' PORCELAIN BOWL, China, Kangxi mark and period (1661-1722)

Finely painted with a vivid underglaze blue both inside and outside with lotus scroll, at the center of the base it features the six-character underglaze blue mark of Emperor Kangxi within a double circle.

Catalogue notes:

A pair of bowls with this decoration is illustrated by J. Ayers in The Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics, Geneva, 1974, vol. 4, A510 and A511, where the author cites similar examples in the National Palace Museum in Taipei and the Musée Guimet in Paris (accession number G4197).

For a virtually identical example, see the bowl sold by Christie's, live auction 2427, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, March 24-25, 2011, New York, lot no. 1665.See also Christie's, live auction 2862, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, June 1, 2011, Hong Kong, lot no. 3914.

清康熙 青花瓷碗