A pair of blue and white bowls, Kangxi six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722) © Christie's Image 2003

Painted in 15th century style with a frieze of lotus meander above a petal lappet band on the exterior and with a similar single-lotus roundel on the interior - 6 3/8in. (16.1cm.) diam. (2). Lot 318. Estimate $15,000 - $18,000. Price Realized $16,730 

Notes: An almost identical bowl in the National Palace Museum is illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1968, Book 1, pp. 56-7, col. pls. 12, 12a and 12b.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 September 2003, New York, Rockefeller Plaza