A Fine and Rare Pair of Brown-Glazed Bowls, Kangxi Marks and Period - Photo Sotheby's
each with deep rounded sides supported on a straight foot, covered overall with a lustrous brown glaze displaying an iridescent sheen and satin texture, the white base bearing a six-character Kangxi mark within a double-circle. Quantité: 2 - 12.4cm., 4 7/8 in. Estimation: 40,000 - 60,000 GBP
PROVENANCE: Robert Somerville, Chicago, 1965.
Collection of Harold L. Geiger.
Marchant, London, 11th October 2000.
NOTE DE CATALOGUE: This perfectly formed pair of bowls is notable for the iridescent sheen of the brown glaze, and is amongst the finest monochromes of the Kangxi period. A similar bowl from the collection of Paul and Helen Bernat and later in the Goldschmidt collection was sold twice in our Hong Kong rooms, 15th November 1988 lot 69, and 13th November 1990, lot 65. Compare also a bowl from the Kostolany and H.M. Knight collections, included in the Oriental Ceramics Society exhibition, Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, London, 1948, cat. no. 52, sold inthese rooms, 15th June 1982, lot 345; and a pair from the collection of Robert Somerville, Chicago, sold in our New York rooms, 22nd March 2000, lot 118. Compare also the bowl in this catalogue, lot 409; and another sold in our New York rooms, 1st December 1992, lot 306.
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