Lot 162 , A fine Chinese blue and white ‘Xi Xiang Ji’ bowl, Kangxi six character mark and of the period (1662-1722) 19.9cm diameter, wood stand

A fine Chinese blue and white ‘Xi Xiang Ji’ bowl, Kangxi six character mark and of the period (1662-1722) the exterior painted with four scenes from the Xi Xiang Ji (Romance of the Western Chamber), below a diaper border, the interior with boys by a garden wall, the border with a band of a ‘thousand wan’.
cf. a similar bowl illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Ceramics, Vol 22, Beijing, no. 127, pp. 180-181. 19.9cm diameter, wood stand
£800-1,200

Condition:
Typical minor glaze imperfections. There is a a minute glaze chip to the edge of the rim, otherwise in good condition with no restoration chips or cracks. No restoration detected under UV light.

Sold for £7,000