Lot 1146. An unusual celadon-glazed carved bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735), 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 314,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

Of shallow rounded form, carved in low relief on the exterior with a continuous scrolling meander of a slender undulating stem bearing four flowers alternating with leaves above a band of delicate overlapping petals, with a flower head incised in the center of the interior, all under a glaze of pale blue-green tone thinning very slightly on the raised areas, the base similarly glazed.

Note: A very similar bowl, also with Yongzheng mark, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 202-3, no. 856; and another in the Ohlmer Collection, Roemer Museum, is illustrated by U. Wiesner, Chinesisches Porcelain, Mainz, 1981, p. 155, no. 87. See, also, the very similar bowl sold in these rooms, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1445. 

An unusual celadon-glazed carved bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735), 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam. Sold for USD 74,500 at Christie's New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1445. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010

Christie's. Magnificent Qing Monochrome Porcelains and Earlier Works of Art from the Gordon Collection, 24 March 2011, New York