Chinese export porcelain undecorated bowl with openwork (linglong) walls, Kangxi.

Rare Chinese export porcelain undecorated bowl with openwork (linglong) walls, base with the six character mark in underglaze cobalt blue of Chenghua, c. 1680, Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty, d. 9,1 cm, 3½ in; h. 4,5 cm, 1¾ in. 9-21225

Literature:

• Oriental Ceramic Art, by S.W. Bushell, 1896 New York reprint of 1980, p. 268, fig. 322 for a small bowl in white porcelain;

• Pronken Met Oosters Porselein, catalogue by S. Hartog, 1990 Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, The Netherlands, p. 124, cat. 148 for an undecorated round bowl with 9,3 cm in diameter with the Chenghua mark but second quarter 17th century.