YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

A similarly decorated famille rose bowl with brilliantly enameled cockerels, hens and peonies, of similar size (15 3⁄4 in.) to the current bowl, from the Martin-Hurst Collection, is illustrated in G. C. Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, London, 1970, pl. II (lower), where it is noted to illustrate "the highest water mark of famille rose decoration ..."