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Blue and white bowl with horses carrying books
Blue and white bowl with horses carrying books
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923
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Blue and white bowl with horses carrying books amid waves and dragon's heads Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662 - 1722)
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Blue and white bowl with horses carrying books
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BATEA : 907
Simple name
bowl
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ceramic; porcelain; blue and white; Qing; bowl; Kangxi; animal; horse; dragon; floral; China; book; wave; cloud; petal; floral; Buddhist; symbol; leaf;
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A fluted blue and white bowl with bracketed rim. The bowl is painted in the centre with a circular wave motif in a roundel beneath a narrow band of diaper pattern in deep blue at the rim. The exterior has six alternating horses carrying books amid waves, and dragon heads under clouds above a band of petals in reserve painted with various flower and leaf groups. The base has a ribboned emblem in a underglaze blue single lined circle. The lower half of the bowl is moulded into a lotus flower shape and is decorated with Buddhist symbols. There is also a leaf mark on the base.
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porcelain
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good
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white
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blue
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20 cm
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1662=1722 Kangxi
Production period
Qing
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China
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