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

A variety of doucai decorated bowls of this type with different flowers are known, such as the example from the collection of Brian S. McElney, included in the Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 163; one in the Umezawa Kinenkan, Tokyo, illustrated in Toji Taikei, vol. 46, Japan, 1973, pl. 65; a pair from the Paul and Helen Bernat Collection, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 15 November 1988, lot 15; and another single bowl, previously from the Elphinstone Collection, sold at Christie’s London, 15 June 1998, lot 162.