10.6 cm. (4 3/8 in.) diam

Agate was highly prized in the Imperial Court and appears to have risen to particular prominence during the Yongzheng reign as evidenced by a number of extant examples of agate bowls of different forms bearing Yongzheng Imperial marks. The closest example to the present bowl appears to be an unmarked bowl dated to the 18th century in the Fitzwilliam Museum illustrated by C. S. Lin, The Immortal Stone, London, 2009, p. 129. A mallow-form agate bowl bearing a Yongzheng mark was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Water, Pine And Stone Retreat Collection, Scholarly Art II, 4th April 2012, lot 125.
Seven Yongzheng agate bowls of various forms in the Palace Museum, Taiwan, are illustrated by Feng Mingzhu, Harmony and Integrity: The Yongzheng Emperor and His Times, Taipei, 2009, cat. nos. II-61-70; for an agate cup and dish from the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Yang Boda, Zhongguo yuqi quanji, Hebei, 2005, pp.553 and 550, nos.10 and 62. A shallow Yongzheng-marked bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages, vol. 11, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 28.
A Qianlong-marked agate bowl-stand in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated by M.Wilson, Chinese Jades, London, 2004, pp.96-97, pl.95.

Price estimate:
HKD: 300,000-500,000
USD: 38,700-64,500

Auction Result:
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