A LARGE CHINESE SNOWFLAKE-BLUE DICE BOWL

PROBABLY QING DYNASTY

The U-shaped body with thickly potted sides, decorated with a mottled xuehualan glaze of varying blue tones to the exterior, the interior glazed white and with a six character Yongzheng mark to the centre, the base unglazed and with a broad shallow footring, 26.2cm.

Cf. The British Museum, registration number PDF.605 for a similar bowl from the Xuande period on loan from the Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art; see also the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, no.1989.287 for another Xuande example.