A BLUE AND WHITE LOTUS-FORM BOWL, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The deep body is decorated to the fluted sides with a continuous scene of the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' engaged in various leisurely pursuits including playing a game of weiqi, surrounded by bamboo. The interior roundel is painted with two boys at play surrounded by petal-shaped panels enclosing buddhist emblems. The base has an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
8 ⅛ in. (21 cm.) diam.
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The deep body is decorated to the fluted sides with a continuous scene of the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' engaged in various leisurely pursuits including playing a game of weiqi, surrounded by bamboo. The interior roundel is painted with two boys at play surrounded by petal-shaped panels enclosing buddhist emblems. The base has an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
8 ⅛ in. (21 cm.) diam.
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