Lot 910. A lavender-blue-glazed bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 11.7 cm diam., cloth box. Price realised USD 63,000 (Estimate: USD 60,000 – USD 80,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023.

The bowl has gently flaring sides and is covered on the exterior with a lavender-blue glaze.

Provenance: Private collection, New York.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4716.

Note: A pair of Yongzheng-marked bowls in pale lavender blue is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol 2, London, 1995, pp. 190-191, no. 839, where the author cites another pair from the Tianminlou Collection, illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 148. See, also, a slightly larger bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by R. Kerr in Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, London, 1986, p. 45, pl. 20.

Christie's. J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 23 march 2023