Lot 928. A small anhua-decorated ruby-pink-enameled bowl, Yongzheng four-character mark in underglaze blue within a double square and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016
The bowl has rounded sides rising to the slightly everted rim, and the interior is anhua-decorated with dragons leaping amidst flames, while the exterior is covered with a finely mottled enamel of ruby-pink tone. 3 5/8 in. (9.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance: Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.
Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza