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

The current bowl is based on early Ming dynasty Xuande-period prototypes. A blue and white bowl with very similar design and bearing a Xuande mark, but dating to the Kangxi period, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and is illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Ming Chu Qinghuaci (Early Ming Blue and White Ceramics in the Palace Museum Collection), vol. 2, Beijing, 2002, pp. 334-35, no. 179. Also illustrated, pp. 278-79, no. 146, is the Xuande prototype for this bowl.