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

Bowls of this type and other vessels decorated with archaistic motifs made during the 18th century reflect the Qing emperor’s interest in the motifs and forms of archaic bronzes. For other Yongzheng-marked turquoise-enameled bowls of this rare type, see the bowl included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition, Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, p. 56, no. 53a; one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, 1994, vol. 2, pp. 242-3, no. 911; and two other examples, one illustrated by B. Till, Porcelain of the High Qing: The Brian S. McElney Collection, Victoria, British Columbia, 1983, no. 48, and one in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, San Francisco, 1996, p. 283, no. 559.