Lot 467. A blue and white 'Lotus' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 4 in., 10.1 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 40,625 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

delicately painted on the exterior with three stylized lotus sprays alternating with floral arabesques and leaves, the interior with a single stylized floral spray within double circles, six-character mark in underglaze blue. 

Provenance: Christie's London, 9th November 1983, lot 198.
C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei, 1992

Note: The mark on this bowl is quite unusual, though a similar mark can be found on a Yongzheng mark and period blue and white bowl with bats and clouds illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 164.

Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK