YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Compare to a closely related bowl of this design and size in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gu taoci ziliao xuancui, vol. 2, Beijing, 2005, no. 143.

The doucai lotus bouquet design on this bowl appears to be a Yongzheng innovation and was reproduced on imperial porcelains of successive reigns; see a Qianlong example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2017; a Jiaqing bowl in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, published in the Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 362; a Daoguang bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, accession number gu 00161775-1⁄120.