Lot 848. A copper-red-decorated 'sanduo' bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 40,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.

With rounded sides flaring towards the rim, decorated on the exterior with the sanduo (peach, pomegranite and persimmon), all reserved on a pale bluish-green-tinged white ground.

Provenance: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1958.

Exhibited: Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, on loan for the opening of its Oriental Art Galleries at Blackstone Hall, October-December 1958.

Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection