Lot 707. A coral-ground underglaze-blue 'Palace' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 37,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

the deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot, painted to the exterior in varying tones of cobalt-blue with five lily blossoms borne on a continuous leafy scrolling stem, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a stylized lotus bloom surrounded by tender leaves, all reserved on a deep iron-red ground, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 7 7/8  in., 20 cm

Provenance: Collection of George T. Veitch (d. 1927), Worcestershire, England and Ednam House, Dudley, Worcestershire, England. 
The Anderson Galleries, New York, 15th-17th December 1927, lot 49. 
Collection of D.A.M., no. 51 (according to label).
Collection of Thomas English Cody (1889-1948), grand-nephew of ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody (1846-1917).

Exhibited: Birmingham Art Gallery, Birmingham, England, 1902-1927, (on loan)

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art New York, 15 Mar 2017