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PAIR   OF   SHALLOW  BOWLS .       21 cm.
Perfectly painted in underglaze-blue. Each with shallow rounded sides rising to a wide everted rim with petal-lobed edge ; the interior illustrating 2  riders on horseback, in military attire chasing each other in a combat . The exterior divided into 6 lobes,each alternativily filled in with the same warriors , and flowers .  6 -charactermarks of Kangxi :  mark and period .

Period :         KANGXI   :    1662 - 1723 .

The scene illustrates a battle from the Yüan dynasty tale of the Romance of the Western Chambers, in which general Du routs general Sun, who was attacking the temple of Puji .

Both in perfect condition .