A white-glazed 'anhua' stembowl, Yongzheng mark and period. Photo Sotheby's

incised on the exterior with eight detached lotus blossoms each supporting one of the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' evenly spaced around the sides, with a band of ruyi-heads below, raised on a pedestal foot incised with four detached florets, six-character mark in underglaze blue in a line inside the foot. Diameter 6 7/8 in., 17.5 cm. Estimation 20,000 — 30,000. Unsold

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong ,14th-15th November 1983, lot 154.
Christie's Hong Kong, 27th-28th April 1997, lot 736.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 11 sept. 2012 - www.sothebys.com