Description Please note that there is a $15,000 authorization required to bid on this lot, and NO ONLINE BIDDING will be accepted. To bid on this lot, please contact us at to register to bid on this lot. A Chinese peachbloom "beehive" waterpot with a 6-character Kangxi mark and of the period. It features three incised roundels of a pair of beasts. Dimensions are: 4 inches tall X 5 inches wide, 10.2 cm X 12.7 cm. All measurements are approximate.
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Condition Report There are glaze chips to the mouth, a small glaze pop to the rim, and an area of glaze popping to the body.
Provenance From a private collection in Virginia.
Notes Reference: Similar peachbloom waterpots from the Kangxi period have been sold at various auctions, e.g. at Christie's Hong Kong on May 30, 2017, as lot 3012 and recently at Christie's New York on September 23, 2020, as lot 812. Several museums have similar examples, including the National Palace Museum in Taipei under the collection number 000011-N000000000 and the Metropolitan Museum of New York under the collection number 14.40.363. The Indianapolis Museum of Art previously held a similar waterpot under the collection number 1984.287, but it was deaccessioned and sold at Christie's New York on March 17, 2017, as lot 1230.