A coral ground, enamelled bowl Four-character mark of The Yongzheng Emperor

A coral ground, enamelled bowl. Four-character mark of The Yongzheng Emperor

Decorated with three flowerheads beside a design of scrolling foliage; the mark in underglaze blue. 12cm (nearly 5in) diameter. Sold for £2,520

Footnote: For a similar bowl with a ruby ground, said to be mark and period of the Yongzheng Emperor, see the British Museum example illustrated in Soame Jenyns 'Later Chinese Porcelain' [plate LIX].

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