Lot 1787. An unusual small 'silvered' bowl, Qianlong minyao mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 4,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. 

The deep rounded sides rising from the small foot to the everted rim, the exterior covered in oxidized silver below the brown-washed rim, the interior white, wood stand.

Provenance: K.W. Woollcombe-Boyce Collection.
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 2 December 1977, lot 511.
Greenwald Collection no. 54.

Literature: Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 54.

Exhibited: Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, London, Oriental Ceramic Society, 1948, no. 226.