Chinese blue and white klapmutz bowl

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Chinese blue and white klapmutz bowl

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Description

Chinese blue and white klapmutz bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with four scenes from the ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’ below an everted rim with diamond pattern band, the interior decorated with a central roundel containing boys playing in a landscape, the inner rim with a diaper pattern band, with Kangxi mark to the base, condition: minute glaze spots to rim and interior. The Romance of the Western Chamber is China’s most popular love story, telling the travails of the poor, aspiring young scholar Zhang and the beautiful Yingying, the daughter of a high-ranking official. After many romantic experiences and dramatic difficulties, the two lovers eventually get married.

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item details
Origin Chinese
Period 17th Century
Condition Very good
Dimensions height 9.6cm. (3 ¾ in.)
Diameter 20.2cm. (7 15/16 in.)
Material and Technique Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration

Product REF: W148