A rare blue and white deep bowlShende tang chuangu zhi mark, KangxiBoldly painted with peony and camellia blossoms, rockwork and two small birds, the interior similarly decorated with dragon flies amongst rockwork, the base with an underglaze blue six-character mark 'Made for the Hall of Prudent Virtue'. 20cm (7 7/8in) diam.注脚For a famille verte dish, c.1670-1675, with this unusual hall mark 愼德堂傳古製， and a further discussion on the imperial connotations of the mark, see M. Wilson, Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics, SOAS & V&A Museum 1998, p. 74, no.27.Compare a related bowl, with different decoration, sold by Christie's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 100.