sturdily potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a flaring rim, evenly covered overall save for the footring in a luminous pale blue glaze densely suffused with fine crackles, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.

Provenance: Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999), and thence by descent.

Exhibited: Exhibition of Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1973, cat. no. 24.

Note: The current bowl is extremely rare and only two others appear to be recorded, one sold in these rooms, 16th November 1988, lot 284, another offered at Christie's Hong Kong, 1st December 2009, lot 1912. Another Qianlong bowl of this form with ge-type glaze was sold in these rooms, 22nd May 1984, lot 178.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Apr 2018.