A PALE CELADON-GLAZED CARVED WATERPOT QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

delicately potted with a compressed globular body resting on a short foot, the exterior covered with an even pale celadon glaze, carved with a continuous scene depicting a butterfly fluttering amidst large peony blossoms issuing from leafy sprigs, the landscape scene accentuated with jagged rockwork and dense foliage, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua reign mark

J.J. Lally & Co., New York.

In overall good condition except two small burst bubbles with associate glaze flakes to one carved branch. There is a short firing gap at the bottom of the centre between the two columns of the mark. There are a few minute/fine pinholes/iron spots, typical characteristic firing problems of Kangxi porcelains and a few small kiln chips to the footring.
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