Lot 1789. A purple-glazed bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722); 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. 

With deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, covered inside and out with a deep bluish-purple glaze, wood stand.

Provenance: Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 24-25 May 1979, lot 557.
Greenwald Collection no. 45.

Literature: Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 45.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 24 March 2011