Three Yongzheng & Jiajing yellow-glazed porcelains sold @ Bonhams

A very rare yellow-glazed bowl and cover, Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd

Finely and crisply incised around the exterior of the deep U-shaped body under the flaring rim with a wide band of two five-clawed dragons amidst fire and cloud scrolls in pursuit of flaming pearls, all above two relief-moulded ribs and an incised band of stylised foaming waves and rocks above the short straight foot, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a crisply-moulded reticulated seated phoenix finial, the exterior all covered with an even pale egg-yolk-yellow glaze, the interior and base glazed white with pairs of underglaze-blue lines at each rim, box. 17.5cm (6⅞in) diam. (3). Sold for £67,200

Provenance: William B.Gruber, sold at Christie's New York, 6 May 1980, lot 211
Anthony du Boulay no.P207, sold in these Rooms 10 November 2003, lot 87

Exhibited: Oriental Ceramic Society, Golden Jubilee Exhibition, 1971, Catalogue no.244, pl.168
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Iron in the Fire, 1988
The London Asian Art Fair, Porcelain for Emperors, June 2003, Catalogue no.38

For a Yongzheng mark and period covered bowl of exactly the same shape, but with doucai decoration, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours,, Hong Kong, 1999, no.222.

A yellow-glazed saucer dish. Encircled Jiajing six-character mark and of the period © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd

The exterior and interior all under a rich egg-yolk-yellow glaze, the base reserved white around the underglaze-blue mark. 17.5cm (7in) diam. Sold for £15,600

A yellow-enamelled bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd

The short foot ring rising to rounded sides and a flared rim, the exterior painted in a deep yellow enamel stopping neatly above the foot ring, the interior and base under a clear glaze. 6.4cm (2½in) high. Sold for £3,600

Provenance: an English private collection

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 5 Nov 2009. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com