Lot 793. A lemon-yellow glazed bowl, Seal mark and period of Qianlong. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot sold 475,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.
the exterior covered in bright lemon-yellow enamel of even tone with an orange-peel texture, the interior and base with a transparent glaze, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark; 11.1 cm, 4 3/8in.
Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 28th October 2002, lot 712.
Note: Compare a pair of Yongzheng mark and period bowls of the same size and shape, the exterior similarly painted in bright yellow enamel, in the Shanghai Museum collection, illustrated in Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J. Hu, Shanghai, 1989, pl. 54.
Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 02 Jun 2016