Lot 1788. An unusual green-glazed blue and white bowl, Chongzhen two-character mark in iron-red and of the period (1628-1644); 5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 21,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. 

The deep rounded sides painted in pale underglaze blue on the exterior with four flame-bordered roundels enclosing the characters fu lu wan nian (blessings and emoluments for ten thousand years) surrounded by continuous foliate meander, with a large xi character within a similar roundel on the interior, all reserved on a jadeite-green ground, stand.

Provenance: Greenwald Collection no. 2.

Literature: Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 62.