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

Bowls of this shape and size with Yongzheng marks are very rare, and only two others are known: one sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17 May 1988, lot 71, the other at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 April 2004, lot 943.

Chrysanthemum dishes are well known, with a complete set of twelve in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, pp. 282-83, pl. 257. Like the present bowl, these dishes all have a Yongzheng mark.