Lot 202. A biscuit-glazed famille-verte 'ducks' bowl, 20th century. Diameter 3⅞ in., 10 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 35,280 USD. © Sotheby's 2021
the rounded body resting on a straight foot rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior painted with a continuous scene of ducks resting amongst rockwork against a turquoise ground, the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue.
Exhibited: Ch'ing Polychrome Exhibition, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong, 1977, cat. no. 36.
Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 145.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 September 2021
