A BLUE AND WHITE 'LADIES AND BOYS' PORCELAIN KLAPMUTS BOWL China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi mark and period Adorned in cobalt blue, the exterior with ladies and boys at play in a garden, the everted rim with the theme of The Three Friends of Winter, the inner part with a seated tiger staring at a flying magpie and with pomegranates as well as a ice-cracking pattern with plum tree flowers to the rim. The below is inscribed with the mark of Emperor Kangxi within a double circle in cobalt blue. Bears two old collector labelts to the below. H: 7,6 cm - D: 16,4 cm Notes: The tiger (hu 虎) is one of the twelve If the main subject, i.e. ladies and boys at play in the garden, is a classical one, the medallion with a tiger and a magpie seems very unusual in our eyes. One label reading 200, the other maybe reading 市. “女士与孩童”蓝白帽型瓷碗 中国，清朝，康熙年制标记，康熙年间