A fine peachbloom-glazed 'beehive' waterpot

Kangxi mark and period

清康熙 豇豆紅釉團龍紋太白尊

《大清康熙年製》款

finely potted in the classic domed 'taibai zun' form, the slightly tapered sides rising to rounded shoulders and short waisted neck below a lipped mouth rim, the exterior evenly applied overall save for the rim and base with a rose-pink glaze variegated in dark and light tones and mottled with raspberry-tinged flecks, the body incised with three stylized archaistic dragon roundels, the recessed base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue

Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm

Collection of the T.B. Walker Foundation.

Sotheby's New York, 29th November 1988, lot 225.

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T.B. Walker 基金會收藏

紐約蘇富比1988年11月29日，編號225