清康熙 紫金釉盌一對 《大清康熙年製》款

each with deep rounded sides supported on a straight foot, covered overall with a lustrous brown glaze displaying an iridescent sheen and satin texture, the white base bearing a six-character Kangxi mark within a double-circle

Robert Somerville，芝加哥，1965年
Harold L. Geiger收藏
Marchant，倫敦，2000年10月11日

This fine pair of bowls are in very good condition with the exception of very minor glaze firing imperfections including glaze pinholes to the interior base of each, two small blisters to the interior of one, a 1mm., bruise to the footring of the other and very minor and light glaze scratches to both. It should be noted that the glaze is of a slightly richer coffee tone than the catalogue illustration would suggest.
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This perfectly formed pair of bowls is notable for the iridescent sheen of the brown glaze, and is amongst the finest monochromes of the Kangxi period. A similar bowl from the collection of Paul and Helen Bernat and later in the Goldschmidt collection was sold twice in our Hong Kong rooms, 15^th November 1988 lot 69, and 13^th November 1990, lot 65. Compare also a bowl from the Kostolany and H.M. Knight collections, included in the Oriental Ceramics Society exhibition, Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, London, 1948, cat. no. 52, sold in these rooms, 15^th June 1982, lot 345; and a pair from the collection of Robert Somerville, Chicago, sold in our New York rooms, 22^ndMarch 2000, lot 118. Compare also the bowl in this catalogue, lot 409; and another sold in our New York rooms, 1^st December 1992, lot 306.