A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BOWL SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35 The...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BOWL

SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35

The U-shaped body rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly everted rim, the exterior finely painted with lotus flowerheads and scrolling foliage above a band of ruyi-heads, with a roundel enclosing a similar design to the centre, 14.9cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Christopher John Powell (1911-2001), Hampshire, and thence by descent.