A clair-de-lune-glazed bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735)
Lot 26. A clair-de-lune-glazed bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735); 11.8cm (4 1/2in) diam. (2). Sold for HKD 330,600 (Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 150,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022
Thinly potted with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a slightly flared rim, the exterior applied with a pale clair-de-lune glaze, the interior and base left white, inscribed with the six-character reign mark within a double-circle, box.
Provenance: An old Hong Kong private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
The Chenyuezhai Collection.
Note: Compare with a closely related Yongzheng mark and of the period clair-de-lune glazed bowl in the Hong Kong Tianminlou Collection, illustrated by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pl.148; see also a Yongzheng mark and of the period clair-de-lune bowl, formerly in the collection of S. Marchant and Son, London, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 2022, lot 3518.
Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, Hong Kong, 30 November 2022


