Lot 3663. A white-glazed 'rice-grain' bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795), 13.3 cm, 5 1/8 in. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 HKD. Lot sold 375,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.
the deep rounded sides pierced and veiled with a translucent glaze with eight evenly spaced eight-petalled florets, all resting on a short foot, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.
Provenance: Collection of Dr Ip Yee.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th November 1984, lot 217.
Sothebys Hong Kong, 20th/21st May 1987, lot 514.
Exhibited: Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1977, cat. no. 137.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Oct 2017