A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED BEEHIVE-FORM WATERPOT KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD |

finely potted of classic domed 'taibai zun' form, the slightly tapered sides rising to a rounded shoulder and short waisted neck below a lipped mouth-rim, the exterior evenly applied overall save for the rim and base with a glaze of deep rose shading to grayish-rose and mottled with raspberry tinged flecks, the body further faintly incised with three stylized archaistic dragon roundels, the recessed base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue in three columns

Collection of Sidney T. Cook (1910-1964), and thence by descent. 

In overall good condition with some minor firing imperfections, including occasional shallow kiln flakes to the foot.
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