A pink-ground falangcai porcelain ‘primula’ bowl
Qing dynasty, Kangxi four-character blue-enamelled yuzhi mark and of the period, 1662 - 1722
Diameter: 13.3cm
This rare and finely potted bowl with blue primulas painted against a distinctive gold-derived pink enamelled ground is amongst the most ambitious to have been created in the imperial workshops of the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1662 - 1722) whose reign mark is inscribed in blue enamel on the base. It was formerly in the collection of Sir Percival David (1892 - 1964) who assembled one of the finest collections of Chinese ceramics, much of which can now be seen in the British Museum. It was subsequently in the celebrated collection of T. T. Tsui (1941-2010) and was acquired by Eskenazi in 1997 for the private family collection.
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