A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'PEONY' BOWL

SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722

The U-shaped body rising from a gently tapering foot to an everted rim, the exterior painted with interlocking sprays of stylised flowers, with further blossoms set against swirling designs encircling the foot, the base with a paper label, 17.2cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Sussex, purchased as one of a pair from Sotheby's London on 10th December 1985, lot 234.

Cf. The National Palace Museum, Porcelain of the National Palace Museum, Blue-and-White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book 1, p.54, pl.11 for a very similar bowl.