A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BOWL MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI |

the deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, painted in vibrant tones of underglaze blue with a medallion enclosing a single lotus spray to the interior, surrounded by undulating lotus scrolls, the rim encircled by a narrow band of demi lotus florets and curled lotus leaves, the decoration repeated on the exterior, inscribed to the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

A distinguished Asian collection.
Christie's London, 10th May 2011, lot 236.

Good overall condition with just firing imperfections to the rim and at the base.
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A closely related bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Chen Runmin, ed., Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci [Qing dynasty blue and white porcelains of the Shunzhi and Kangxi periods], Beijing, 2005, pl. 126. See also a similar pair of bowls from the Ohlmer collection, in the Roemer Museum, Hildesheim, illustrated in Ulrich Wiesner, Chinesisches Porzellan, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, pls 35-36.