Lot 317. An incised sweet-white glazed stem bowl, mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 17.6 cm, 6 7/8  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 212,500 HKD. © Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides supported on a splayed hollow stem, the exterior incised with lotus blooms, each bloom supporting one of the beribboned bajixiang, the stem with sprays of lotus, the interior of the stem inscribed with a horizontal reign mark.

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