A CHINESE YELLOW GLAZED CIRCULAR ALTAR VESSEL AND COVER, DOU

SIX CHARACTER TONGZHI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1862-74

The deep bowl raised on a tall hollow spread foot, with a high domed cover surmounted by a finial formed as two twists of rope, all decorated with archaistic motifs in shallow relief, 29cm. (2)

Provenance: Sotheby's Belgravia, 3rd December 1981, lot 79?; and then a private collection, London.