Lot 3167. A pair of doucai 'ducks and lotus pond' bowls, marks and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 15.2 cm., 6 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 1,340,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

each well potted with curved sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a flaring rim, finely enamelled with a central medallion enclosed by a double-circle, depicting a pair of mandarin ducks swimming amidst lotus flower pads, the exterior painted with a matching frieze of four mandarin ducks swimming across gently rippling water between lotus sprays, all above a band of upright lappets, the countersunk base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark.

Provenance: Collection of Edward T. Chow.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot 142.