A RARE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'PEACH AND BIRD' BOWL

A RARE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'PEACH AND BIRD' BOWL
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
Well potted with deep rounded sides supported on a tapered foot ring, the exterior finely incised and reserved in green enamel against the yellow-glazed ground with a repeated pattern of a fruiting peach tree and blossoming sprays growing adjacent to a garden rock, with two birds perched on the grass and two further birds in flight, all between a pair of incised lines filled with green enamel at the rim and another pair of incised lines around the foot ring, the yellow base inscribed in brown with the six-character reign mark within a double circle.
4 7/8in (12.4cm) diam.