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

Compare two Kangxi-marked bowls of this design and size from the Helen and Peter Lin Collection illustrated in Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Chinese Ceramics from the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1993, pp. 90-1, nos. 19 and 20.

The design was based on a Ming original, such as a larger bowl with a Wanli reign mark and an additional band of keyfret around the foot, illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum, Enameled Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1966, book III, pl. 9.