Lot 5. A Copper-Green Glazed Bowl with Incised Floral Decoration, Mark and Period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 13.7 cm, 5 3/8 in. Estimate 90,000 - 120,000 HKD. Lot sold 200,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's 2012

the deep rounded sides supported on a low straight foot, incised around the exterior with a dense floral scroll with five circular blooms borne one a single undulating stem wreathed by subsidiary sprigs and feathery leaves, covered overall with a deep green glaze with a slightly iridescent surface, the base reserved in white and inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double ring in underglaze blue.

Literature: Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, no. 887.

Noe: Monochrome copper-green glazed bowls are well known from the Yongzheng period (AD 1723-35), but the presentpiece with its flower pattern and its unusual, bold manner of engraving may be unique.

Sotheby's. The Meiyintang Collection, Part IV - An Important Selection of Imperial Chinese Porcelains, Hong Kong 09 oct. 2012