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A WUCAI ENAMELLED BOWL
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, circa 1660-1670
7,6 X 14,3 cm
Zhong you mei yu ya zhi six-character mark.
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. n. 4917.
The decoration – painted in the wucai palette, with underglaze blue and
overglaze black, red, green, yellow and aubergine enamels – consists to the
exterior of two phoenixes flying amidst lotus flowers.
The six-character hall mark Zhong you mei yu ya zhi (“elegantly made like
beautiful jade possessed of loyalty”) appears on early Kangxi vessels.
