Lot 1231. A small coral-ground bowl with silvered interior, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735), 3 ½ in. (8.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The bowl is thinly potted with rounded sides rising from a small ring foot, the exterior covered with a deep reddish-orange enamel in contrast to the silvered interior.

Provenance: Emil Baerwald Collection, New York.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1943.  

Property from the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, New York.

Literature: Chinesische Kunst, Berlin, 1929, p.313, no. 843.

Exhibited: Berlin, Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin, 1929, no. 843. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 - 15 September 2017, New York