YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Very similar Yongzheng-marked bowls and covers have been published, including the example in the Qing Court collection illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 243, no. 223; one in Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1992, p. 311, no. 178; an example in the British Museum by R.L. Hobson in The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London, 1924, pl. LV, fig.1; another in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, col. pl. 65; and one in the Shanghai Museum by Xu Huping in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 225. Two views of another bowl with matching cover are also illustrated in Zhongguo taoci daxi; Qingdai taoci daquan, Taipei, 1987-89, p. 156.