Lot 927. Property from the Dawentang Collection. A fine doucai 'Chrysanthemum medallion' bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue in a double square and of the period (1723-1735). 11.8 diam. Price realised HKD 1,905,000 (Estimate HKD 500,000 – HKD 800,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1 November 1999, lot 365

Literature: Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Vol. II, Hong Kong, 2019, pp.434-437, no.76

Zhongguo Minjian Shoucang Taoci Daxi – Xianggang Aomen Taiwan, Hebei, 2019, p.266

Exhibited: Hong Kong Museum of Art, Honouring Tradition and Heritage: Min Chiu Society at Sixty, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020 – 28 April 2021, cat. no. 118

Note : The current bowl is very rare bearing a double square mark. A very similar pair of bowls is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko. Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl.100; and a larger example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is recorded in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p.250, pl.229

Christie's. Pearls of The Orient - Treasures from Hong Kong Private Collectors, Hong Kong, 40 April 2026