Sold Ceramics - Sold Blue and White Kangxi Period 1662-1722 - Other wares

Object 2010571

Bowl

China

1700-1720

Height 69 mm (2.71 inch), diameter of rim 125 mm (4.92 inch), diameter of footring 50 mm (1.97 inch)

Bowl or klapmuts on footring, spreading flat rim with scalloped edge. Decorated in underglaze blue. On the outside four panels alternately decorated with a flowering plant growing fron a taihu (garden) rock and precious objects. On the bottom a flowering plant and on the sides four panels filled with flowering plant. On the reverse rim four florets between scrolls. Marked on the base with the single character mark: Yu, (Jade (Yuan to Qing)), in a double circle, underglaze blue.

The shape and the outside decoration resemble those of Kraak Porselein klapmutsen of the first half of the 17th century. When the export trade was resumed in the 1680s and the Dutch became good customers again, there was a tendency to revive the traditional Kraak porcelain shapes and the style of painting with decoration arranged in wide and narrow panels. Some pieces are more or less close imitations, others, like this bowl, are hybrids, combining some Kraak characteristics with the new Kangxi patterns. Most examples are painted in underglaze blue, but the type is also known from a few, rare famille verte pieces. The fashion was short lived as new shapes and decorations soon took over. The Yu, "jade", character mark is traditionally called the F-mark in the Netherlands and is very common on good-quality blue and white Kangxi export porcelain. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.105 & p.115)

For similarly shaped and decorated bowls, please see:

Condition: A hairline to the rim.

References:

Rinaldi 1989, p.118 & Pl. 295

Davison 1994, cat. 33

Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 98, p.105 & p.115

Price: Sold.