A FINE PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED BEEHIVE WATERPOT, WITH KANGXI MARK ,19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART1007596

Of classic domed 'taibo zun' form, the rounded sides contracting to a narrow waisted neck below a short lipped mouthrim, subtly incised around the exterior with three medallions, each formed of the curled bodies of archaistic kui dragons, all beneath a grey-tinged crimson-red glaze characteristically suffused with shades of lighter pink spots, the recessed base and interior left white, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a three-column six-character reign mark (12.7 cm.) diam