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

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AN UNUSUAL CELADON-GLAZED CARVED BOWL
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The rounded sides carved in low relief on the exterior with a continuous foliate meander of four flowers borne on a leafy thread-like stem, with a large flower head delicately incised in the interior, covered all over, including the base, with a glaze of even, pale blue-green tone
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

A pale celadon-glazed bowl of this unusual pattern, and date, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 202-3, no. 856; and another in the Ohlmer Collection, Roemer Museum, is illustrated by U. Wiesner, Chinesisches Porzellan, Mainz, 1981, p. 155, no. 87.

A slightly larger example, formerly in the collection of Stephen Junkunc III, was sold in these rooms, 21 September 1995, lot 236.

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