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

This finely potted bowl is decorated in a style that is typical of the refined doucai style in the Yongzheng reign. The outlines of the design are rendered with a very fine brush in a clear, soft blue and the enamel colours are used with delicacy and restraint.
A pair of Yongzheng bowls (13.5 cm) formerly in the T. Y. Chao Collection, bearing the same design as the current bowl, were included in the exhibition, Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Hong Kong, 1973, no. 89; and one from the James and Marilynn Alsdort Collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 24 September 2020, lot 821.