Lot 3645. A fine pair of yellow-glazed bowls, seal marks and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820); 11.9 cm, 4 5/8 in. Estimate 300,000 — 500,000 HKD (38,217 - 63,69 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.
each with steep rounded sides supported on a narrow straight foot, finely incised around the exterior with four 'flowerballs' interspersed among billows of clouds above a band of petal lappets suspending trefoils, all between a double incised line encircling the foot and rim, the interior similarly incised in the centre with a 'flowerball' within a double-circle medallion, all beneath a translucent pale yellow glaze applied on the biscuit, save for the base left white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th November 1981, lot 301.
A Hong Kong private collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th October 2013, lot 3025
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 oct. 2018, 03:00 PM