Lot 853. A blue and white lobed bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The exterior is decorated with ladies and boys at play in a garden setting, all above a band of molded petals enclosing flowers, the interior with a central medallion containing three boys at play. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) diam.

Provenance: Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York. 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.

Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza