A Chinese blue and white 'Romance of the Western Chamber' 'klapmuts' bowl A Chinese blue and white 'Romance of the Western Chamber' 'klapmuts' bowl A Chinese blue and white 'Romance of the Western Chamber' 'klapmuts' bowl A Chinese blue and white 'Romance of the Western Chamber' 'klapmuts' bowl A Chinese blue and white 'Romance of the Western Chamber' 'klapmuts' bowl

A Chinese blue and white 'Romance of the Western Chamber' 'klapmuts' bowl

Reference: ART1002130

The bowl is decorated to the exterior with four scenes from the Romance of the Western Chamber, Xixiangji, surrounded by cloud scrolls, all below a diaper band enclosing flower heads. The interior is decorated with a roundel with boys at play, and the flattened everted rim is decorated with a wan-symbol band.

Catalogue notes: Compare a 'klapmuts' bowl in the Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, and one sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 3-4 April 2012, lot 198, both also decorated with scenes from the Romance of the Western Chamber.