A 'SNOWFLAKE' BLUE-GROUND LOBED BOWL MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG

well potted with deep rounded sides and moulded with six subtly lobed sides to resemble gently wavy petals of an open bloom, painted on the exterior with six leafy chrysanthemum sprays, all reserved on a soft inky-blue ground, the interior and base glazed white, inscribed on the base with the six-character mark within a double-circle

The overall condition appears to be very good with only a polished down piece of kiln grit on the interior and a few minor pinhold on the interior.
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A bowl of this pattern also with Yongzheng mark and period is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, no. 842.  Other examples of this pattern were sold in these rooms 20th November, 1984, lot 360; and 27th April 1993, lot 144.  See also another example formerly from the Tsui Museum of Art, illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV: Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1991, p. 55.