Lot 64 , A Chinese iron red and green enamelled ‘fish and waterweed’ bowl, Kangxi period

A Chinese iron red and green enamelled ‘fish and waterweed’ bowl, Kangxi period, apocryphal Chenghua six character mark to base within a double circle, diameter 14cm, height 5.4cm, hairline crack

cf. a deeper porcelain bowl, painted with similar goldfish and pond weed with apocryphal Chenghua mark dated to the Kangxi period, sold by Christie’s, New York, Irene Roosevelt Aitkin collection, 12 February 2026, lot 309.
£200-300

Condition:
There is a hairline crack to the bowl which has a dull sound when rung, some scratching to the interior (one horizontal scratch goes across the hairline crack) and a tiny area of glaze flaking to the rim. There is a UV pen inscription to the base. Provenance: UK private collection, bought in the UK market before 2000

Sold for £12,000