Lot 35. A blue-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and period. Diameter 6 7/8  in., 17.4 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's.

of deep rounded form rising to a flared rim, molded with two raised bowstrings above the short foot, the exterior covered in a deep powdery-blue glaze, the interior glazed white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character three column mark within double circles and double circles around the rim. 

Note: The form of the present bowl is based on Ming dynasty Xuande prototypes with a cover, commonly found in underglaze blue, and underglaze blue and copper red. See four blue and white-decorated bowls and covers, with Xuande reign marks and of the period, in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, included in the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1998, cat. nos 50-53. 

Compare three blue-glazed Yongzheng-marked bowls of this form also without covers, two sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th April 2008, lots 2908 and 2909; and the third sold in our London rooms, 12th May 2010, lot 122. 

Sotheby's. Monochrome, New York, 15 sept. 2015