Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. 16 Sep 09. New York
Two rare and similar 'famille-verte' bowls, Yongzheng marks and period (1723-1735)
Lot 279. Two rare and similar 'famille-verte' bowls, Yongzheng marks and period (1723-1735); diameter 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Sold 41,250 USD. photo courtesy Sotheby's
each of shallow form with gently curved sides, finely enameled to the exterior with six descending blue magpies, among dense pine and prunus, with three cartouches enclosing lotus and peonies, picked out in green, blue and aubergine enamel with iron-red and underglaze-blue, all above a green and aubergine lappet border at the foot, the interior well with a radiating iron-red lotus flowerhead accentuated with finely painted underglaze-blue stamens, centered by a gilt lotus heart (2).
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 31st October - 1st November 1974, lot 242.