KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

A similar bowl with Kangxi mark is illustrated by R. Krahl and C. von Spee in Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, Germany, 2003, pp. 128-9, no. 97, and was previously sold at Christie's London, 13 December 1976, lot 55. Another example in the Percival David Foundation is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome, London, 1973, no. A599. Bowls of this pattern continued to be made during the Qianlong and Daoguang periods.