QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL-MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1735-1796)

A similar pair of Qianlong-marked 'bamboo' bowls was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3714. Other examples are illustrated by R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, Porcelains of the Qing Dynasty, London, 1986, pl. 18; and in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, no. 77.