Lotus Shaped Porcelain Bowl Decorated With Immortals - China Kangxi Period

A lotus-shaped fluted porcelain bowl decorated in blue and white with Immortals, flowers alternating with figures. Inside the bowl is a crane flying over a pagoda within a double circle.
Xuande mark with six characters within a double circle.
CHINA XVIIIE
Kangxi period (1661-1722)

Height : 9,5cm

Diameter: 20.2cm

For a similar model:

- Recent Acquisitions, 2010, Marchant Asian Art, n-30

- Sothebys, Important Chinese Art, 22 March 2023, lot 56

For a similar form:

- Victoria and Albert Museum, C.928-1910

- Victoria and Albert Museum, C.922-1910

This model is also known in a smaller diameter (approx. 16cm), and more regularly marked Chenghua.

Slight chips at the top of the bowl, a small chip and another chip opening into a crack over about 7cm, a non-through scratch inside the bowl.

Further information and photos on request.