Lot Essay
Cf. another Yongzheng-marked bowl of identical size and pattern in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum illustrated in Keitokuchin Jiki, p. 115
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A FINE PAIR OF DOUCAI BOWLS ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each thinly potted bowl with flared sides resting on a straight foot, finely painted to the exterior with an undulating lotus scroll bearing four full tomato-red Indian-lotus flower heads and delicate pointed leaves above a border of overlapping petals around the base all picked out in yellow, aubergine, green and iron-red enamels
4in. (10cm.) diam., box (2)
Each thinly potted bowl with flared sides resting on a straight foot, finely painted to the exterior with an undulating lotus scroll bearing four full tomato-red Indian-lotus flower heads and delicate pointed leaves above a border of overlapping petals around the base all picked out in yellow, aubergine, green and iron-red enamels
4in. (10cm.) diam., box (2)