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

A Yongzheng bowl of this unusual design is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by W. B. Honey, Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries of the Far East, London, 1945, pl. 118(a); another bowl is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, pp. 202-203, no. 855; a pair included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-36, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-1936, is illustrated in the Catalogue, nos. 2223 and 2225; another single bowl from the Jingguantang collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 568; and a further bowl sold at Christie’s New York, 4 November 2008, lot 190.