Lot 901. A yellow-glazed 'medallions’ bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722), 12.1 cm diam., cloth box. Price realised USD 21,420 (Estimate: USD 6,000 – USD 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023.

The deep bowl is incised on the interior with a stylized floral medallion and on the exterior with four medallions and scrolling cloud motifs above a lappet border. It is covered overall with a bright yellow glaze.

Provenance: Bonhams & Butterfields San Francisco, 15 December 2009, lot 8289.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4572.

Note: A similar bowl with Kangxi mark is illustrated by R. Krahl and C. von Spee in Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection, Germany, 2003, pp. 128-9, no. 97, and was previously sold at Christie's London, 13 December 1976, lot 55. Another example in the Percival David Foundation is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome, London, 1973, no. A599. Bowls of this pattern continued to be made during the Qianlong and Daoguang periods.

Christie's. J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 23 march 2023