TWO BLUE AND WHITE 'SEVEN SCHOLARS' BOWLS KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD |

each of 'klapmuts' form with deep rounded sides, resting on a straight foot and steeply flaring at the rim, painted in inky cobalt washes with a scholarly gathering in a rocky bamboo grove, a group listening to the qin, a group conversing, and an attendant preparing a meal to the side, all below a 'prunus and cracked ice' rim border, the interior with a contemplative scholar seated on a rock, the inner rim painted with a band of pine and peony, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, one bowl painted with cloud scrolls (2)

Frank Crane, The Hundred Antiques, Toronto, 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.

One with a 1 cm-wide chip to the rim and a 2 cm-long hairline crack from the rim. The other with a network of cracks to the foot including a 5 cm-long U-shaped crack. Each with expected surface wear and firing imperfections.
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