YELLOW-GLAZED GREEN-ENAMELLED 'EIGHT BOYS' BOWL, YONGZHENG SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

YELLOW-GLAZED GREEN-ENAMELLED 'EIGHT BOYS' BOWL, YONGZHENG SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD, of gently-rounded form with an everted lip and short cylindrical foot, the interior left plain yellow, the exterior incised and boldly enamelled in vibrant green against the yellow ground, showing eight boys dancing and playing with musical instruments on a garden terrace, all between a foliate rim band above and a lappet band below, 15cm diam Provenance: Dunt King, Hong Kong, 1962. Note: although most commonly found during the Yongzheng reign, bowls of this design originated in the Ming Dynasty and examples from the Jiajing reign are known, such as one illustrated in Ayers, J., The Baur Collection, vol.2, Geneva, 1969, pl.A166. For published Yongzheng Eight Boys bowls of this type see Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, part 1. Hong Kong, 1987, pl.103; Krahl, R.,Chinese Ceramics form the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, London 1994, p.231, pl.895; The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains, Shanghai 2009, pl.100; and Ming and Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P. Lin Collection, Hong Kong 2014, pl.108. For very similar bowls sold at auction see Sotheby's Hong Kong, 13th November 1990, lot 50, 2nd May 2000, lot 535, and 7th October 2015, lot 3718. Also, Christie's London 13th May 2014, lot 295; and Bonhams London 12th November 2015, lot 141.