A rare Chinese porcelain 'fish' bowl, Kangxi period, painted in...
A rare Chinese porcelain 'fish' bowl, Kangxi period, painted in underglaze blue and copper red to the exterior with fish swimming in a fast current amongst waterlilies, the interior with the central reserve depicting a fish being thrown from the crashing waves in front of a sunset, surrounded by a border of shells, fish, a crab and a prawn, apocryphal underglaze blue six-character Xuande mark within double ring border to base, 18.1cm diameter
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A rare Chinese porcelain 'fish' bowl, Kangxi period, painted in underglaze blue and copper red to the exterior with fish swimming in a fast current amongst waterlilies, the interior with the central reserve depicting a fish being thrown from the crashing waves in front of a sunset, surrounded by a border of shells, fish, a crab and a prawn, apocryphal underglaze blue six-character Xuande mark within double ring border to base, 18.1cm diameter