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A RARE YELLOW-GLAZED BOWL
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
Finely potted with rounded sides rising to a gently flared rim, the
exterior covered in an attractive egg-yolk yellow glaze, the interior
and base white glazed, the six-character mark within a double circle.
13.7cm (5 3/8in) diam.
£30,000 - 50,000
CNY270,000 - 450,000

清雍正 黃釉盌
青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款

Provenance: Douglas R.A. Spankie (1929–1974), British First
Secretary and Acting Consul-General, Shanghai (1962-1964), acquired
during his service in Shanghai, and thence by descent

來源：道格拉斯·史本基（1929–1974），1962-1964年任英國駐上海
一等秘書及代理總領事，於其任內購自上海，並由後人保存迄今
The use of yellow-glazed wares was highly restricted in the Qing
Court. Wares entirely glazed in yellow were reserved for the Emperor,
the Empress dowager and the Empress. Senior concubines used
wares with a yellow glaze on the outside and a transparent glaze on
the inside, such as the present lot. An archival record, in the Huoji
qingdang (活計清檔), dated to the 12th day of the 12th month of the
11th year of the Yongzheng reign (1733) records that yellow bowls
and cups were classified into three grades and made for use in
the chafan fang (茶飯房) or ‘tea and dining rooms’; see Qing
Imperial Monochromes: The Zande Lou Collection, Hong Kong,
2005, pp.72-73.

Compare with a very similar pair of yellow bowls, Yongzheng six-
character marks and of the period, illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese
Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, London, 1994, p.233,
no.893. Another bowl of this type, Yongzheng six-character mark and
of the period, in the Yale University Art Gallery, is illustrated by G.J.Lee,
Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
and London, 1970, no.356.

Compare with a very similar yellow-glazed bowl, Yongzheng six-
character mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie’s London,
15 May 2012, lot 345.

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