A BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZE-RED 'PEACH' BOWL Xuande six-character mark, Kangxi Elegantly potted with gently rounded sides rising from a slightly incurving foot, painted to the centre of the interior with an underglaze-red peach borne on a cobalt-blue stem with leaf. 9.3cm (3 5/8in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清康熙 白釉青花釉裏紅桃紋碗 青花「大明宣德年製」楷書款 Provenance: acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, on 6 June 2008 (collector's notes and label) Published and Illustrated: M.White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House Collection, vol.2, n.p, 2021, p.197(f) 來源：獲得于倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2008年6月6日（藏家筆記和標簽） 著錄： M.White，《Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House Collection》，第2冊，無出版地，2021年，第197（f）頁 The peach is a powerful symbol of longevity and immortality, closely associated with birthday celebrations and wishes for long life, suggesting that this cup may have been made as a felicitous gift to mark such an occasion. Compare with a white-glazed bowl of similar shape and size, Yongzheng mark and period, in the collection of the British Museum, London (acc.no.PDF,A.413). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing