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Lot Essay
A similar celadon-glazed bowl of this large size with Yongzheng mark is illustrated by R. Krahl, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Eranda Foundation, 1996, vol. 2, pp. 258-9, no. 144. Another very similar bowl with Yongzheng mark in the collection of the British Rail Pension Fund was exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1985 - 1988, and later sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 57. And another was also sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 30 April 1991, lot 86.
See, also, the bowl of similar size and pattern with Yongzheng mark but covered with a pale underglaze blue leaving the carved decoration in white, the whole then having been covered with a pale celadon glaze, included in the exhibition of Chingtechen Porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties from the Collection of The T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, no. 59.
See, also, the bowl of similar size and pattern with Yongzheng mark but covered with a pale underglaze blue leaving the carved decoration in white, the whole then having been covered with a pale celadon glaze, included in the exhibition of Chingtechen Porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties from the Collection of The T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, no. 59.