The bowl is delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising to an inverted mouth rim, supported on a short tapered foot. The exterior is decorated with a floral motif and two birds. Diameter 12 cm. Height 6 cm.
Cracks, chips.
Property of a Swedish collector, purchased at auction in Sweden in the early 2000's.
Compare a similar bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, also with Yongzheng mark and catalogued as of the period. Credit Line: Alfred W. Hoyt Collection, Bequest of Rosina H. Hoppin, 1965. Accession Number: 65.86.5.
Compare also a bowl of the same shape but white, at the Musee Guimet, Grandidier collection no G 957. Dated as Yongzheng mark and period.