A GOOD PAIR OF 17TH CENTURY CHINESE TRANSITIONAL/KANGXI PERIOD BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN BOWLS, the exterior sides painted with a formal design of hanging vine and leafage above a linked ruyi border, the interior centre similarly painted within a formal scroll border to the rim, each base with a six-character Jiajing mark in underglaze-blue, each base with a paper collection label, one base with a 1913 Manchester City Art Gallery exhibition label. Bought at Christies 1941.Recently Provided Provenace History:From the Collection of Robert Henry Benson (1850-1929)Exhibited at the 'Exhibition of Chinese Applied Art' City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1913, no's 460 & 461, described as Jiajing Period.Included in Christies celebrated sale of part of the Benson Collection, July 1st 1924, Lot 189 (described as Jiajing), bought by Harcourt Johnstone (1895-1945) for 15 guineas.Included in the Sothebys sale of the Harcourt Johnstone Collection, June 13th 1940, Lot 49 and described as Transitional.