Lot 41

A Chinese porcelain bowl decorated in underglaze blue, the bottom of the interior with a seated scholar reading a scroll encircled by a double circle, below the rim a band with ruyi scepters, the moulded body unusually decorated with a scene of female figures at a table outside on which a cat is seated, the other side with a similar scene but with a rabbit on the table, the base with a Chenghua six character mark within a double circle, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Provenance: Purchased from Stodel en Goudsmit, Rotterdam/Amsterdam -H. 6,5 cm, 11,5 cm, minor glaze frittings to the rim-