A BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' BOWL, YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD | 清雍正 青花歲寒三友圖盌 《大清雍正年製》款

A BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' BOWL

YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD

清雍正 青花歲寒三友圖盌 《大清雍正年製》款

the well potted rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, the exterior delicately painted in shades of cobalt blue with prunus, bamboo and pine forming the 'Three Friends of Winter', all between double line borders above and below, the interior with stylised clouds forming a vajra medallion, the base with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue within a double-circle

Diameter 13.3 cm, 5¼ in.