A PAIR OF SMALL FAMILLE VERTE AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE DECORATED BOWLS

A PAIR OF SMALL FAMILLE VERTE AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE DECORATED BOWLS

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The exterior of each bowl is decorated on one side with a pair of birds perched on a green rock amidst roses and a dianthus outcrop accompanied by flowering branches, and on the reverse with two butterflies, all between blue decorative borders. The interior is centered by a flower head in underglaze blue and an apocryphal Chenghua mark is on the base.

3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diam.