No other large bowls of this unusual lobed shape appear to have been published although three Yongzheng examples decorated in the famille rose palette are known. Compare the hexagonal bowl decorated with flowers, formerly from the Yuen Family Collection, sold in these Rooms, 26 April 2004, lot 906; a bowl designed with the bajixiang, from the collection of H. P. Hebblethwaite, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 1992, lot 177; and another bowl with bats and peaches, sold at Sotheby's New York, 17 October 1974, lot 529. Although closely related to the cited enamelled examples, it is unknown whether the present bowl was intentionally made without any forms of decoration, or a blank that had been overlooked.