YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Many Yongzheng-period doucai-enameled wares were made to emulate Chenghua doucai prototypes, as is the case with the present pair of elegantly decorated bowls. A similar floral design to that seen on this pair, with 'pomegranate-shaped' pistil, can be found on a Chenghua-period iron-red and blue and white cup in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ch’eng-Hua Porcelain Wares, Taipei, 2003, p. 78, no. 54.

Yongzheng-period doucai bowls of this design are considerably rare. A Yongzheng doucai bowl of this design is in the Jingdezen Ceramic Museum and illustrated in Jiangxi cangci quanji – Qingdai, vol. 1, Beijing, 2005, p. 161, fig. 2, and a pair from The Baofang Pavillion Collection of Imperial Ceramics was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 2804.