Lot 3702. A pair of aubergine-glazed deep bowls, Kangxi six-character marks within double-circles and of the period (1662-1722); 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 180,000 - HKD 250,000. Price realised HKD 680,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

With steeply rounded deep sides rising from a short foot, all under a deep purple-blue glaze thinning at the mouth rim, box.

Provenance: Acquired by Wampoa in Guangdong in the 1890's and thence by descent.

Note: Cf. similar bowls illustrated in The Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1992, p. 355, no. 222, and another in The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 16 (one), later sold with its pair at Christie's New York, 22 March 1999, lot 319.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall, 1 June 2011