Lot 141. A yellow and green-enamelled 'boys' bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735); 15cm (5 7/8in) diam. Estimate £10,000-15,000. Sold for £40,000 (€56,625). Photo: Bonhams.

Well potted with deep rounded sides raising to a flaring rim, supported on a slightly tapering foot, delicately incised with a continuous scene depicting boys dancing and playing various musical instruments beside pine trees in a fenced garden, with a lappet border above the foot and a stylised floral band beneath the rim, all glazed in bright green on a yellow ground. 

Provenance: an English private collection

Note: Compare with a very similar bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, pl.100. A further example is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part I, Hong Kong, 1987, pl.103. Another similar bowl in the C.P. Lin Collection, is illustrated in Ming and Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P. Lin Collection, Hong Kong, 2014, pl.108.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 12 Nov 2015 10:00 GMT - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET