Lot 301
301
A FINE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE BOWL

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A FINE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
YONGZHENG MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

The deep sides delicately painted in inky tones with a monkey and her two young seated in a pine tree, which together with the bamboo and prunus nearby forms the 'Three Friends of Winter', one monkey holding a young crane while the other points to a crane in flight amidst trailing clouds above--3 5/8 in. (9.2cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

For a similar example of this rare pattern in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, see Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain, vol.I, no. 81. See also the pair sold Christie's Swire, Hong Kong, March 20, 1990, lot 581