JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

Bowls with this decoration appear to be based on Kangxi period prototypes, such as the example in the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 216, no. 197.The pattern continued in the subsequent reigns, with known examples from the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang periods. A Daoguang-marked pair of bowls from the collection of Dr. Elizabeth Shing was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 4007.