YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The design of the current bowl is very rare with fine incised decoration subtly shown under the pale and even clair-de-lune glaze. Compare with a similar but slightly smaller (20.9 cm. diam.) Yongzheng-marked example, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 14 November 1989, lot 213, then sold again at Christie’s New York, 29 March 2006, lot 465.