A FINE SMALL YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED BOWL

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

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A FINE SMALL YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Thinly potted with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim and finely incised with a dragon and a phoenix racing amidst clouds and separated by ruyi-centered cruciform clouds, under a soft, pale lemon-yellow glaze, the interior glazed white
3 15/16 in. (10 cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

A slightly larger bowl with similar incised design is illustrated by J. Ayers in The Baur Collection: Chinese Ceramics, vol. III, Geneva, 1972, no. A 449 and again in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, p. 196, pl. 258.

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