Lot 921. Property from the Dawentang Collection. A fine lemon yellow-enamelled tea bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 9 cm diam. Price realised HKD 1,651,000 (Estimate HKD 800,000 – HKD 1,500,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance:Collection of Jingguantang (T. T. Tsui)

Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The Jingguantang Collection: Magnificent Chinese Works of Art, 3 November 1996, lot 558

Literature: Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Vol. II, Hong Kong, 2019, pp.474-477, no. 87

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. 125 (one of two).

Note : The ‘lemon-yellow’ enamel is an enamel of pastel tone mixed with white to achieve opaqueness, which was almost exclusively used for small cups and bowls during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. Compare to a slightly smaller pair of lemon yellow-enamelled tea bowls, from the Au Bak Ling collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 September 2024, lot 13; and a pair from the Leshantang collection, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9 April 2024, lot 105.

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