A WHITE-GLAZED 'MALLOW' CUP Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (2)A WHITE-GLAZED 'MALLOW' CUPYongzheng six-character mark and of the periodDelicately potted with deep rounded sides rising to a flared six-lobed rim resembling mallow petals, the exterior moulded and gently incised in the form of two registers of petals radiating from the foot, covered in a pure ivory-white glaze, the base inscribed with the six-character reign mark within a double square in underglaze blue, box. 7cm (2 3/4in) diam. (2).清雍正 白釉暗刻葵花杯 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款Compare with a nearly-identical mallow-shaped cup, delicately incised on the exterior with gently curving petals, illustrated by B.Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl.747; and another similar example illustrated in G.J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1970, pl.340. See also a slightly smaller cup of this type, but with the reign mark within a double square, illustrated in The Wonders of the Potters Palette, Hong Kong, 1984, cat.no.58.A nearly identical white-glazed cup, Yongzheng mark and period, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 October 2016, lot 3657.is_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item.jpgsold_price_type: £