China, 1723-1735. The deep rounded sides rising from a short ring foot to a slightly everted rim. The exterior is meticulously incised and glazed in emerald green against an Imperial yellow ground with eight boys dancing and playing musical instruments in a terraced landscape. All between an elegant lappet border above the foot and a stylized floral band beneath the rim.

Provenance: Sir Mark Turner (1906-1980). The Sir Mark and Lady Turner Charitable Settlement, Highgate, London, United Kingdom, donated by the above. An Austrian private collector, acquired from the above. Sir Mark Turner was the managing director of Kleinwort Benson, a leading investment bank in the United Kingdom.
Condition: Minor wear. A shallow chip of 0.8 cm to the outer lip, not visible from the inside, and a microscopic glaze line of 1.3 cm. Otherwise in perfect condition.

Weight: 202.5 g
Dimensions: Diameter 15.2 cm

The base bears the neatly painted underglaze blue six-character reign mark da Qing Yongzheng nianzhi within a double circle and of the period. The interior is glazed yellow, while the recessed base is glazed white.

Expert’s note: Yongzheng bowls with this type of decoration are seen with two different bands around the rim. Some have floral borders with demi-florettes, while others have quatrefoil panels, as seen on the present lot.

Literature comparison: Compare with a closely related bowl in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, front cover. Compare also with a very similar bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enameled Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, pl.100. A further example is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part I, Hong Kong, 1987, pl.103. Another similar bowl in the C.P. Lin Collection, is illustrated in Ming and Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P. Lin Collection, Hong Kong, 2014, pl.108.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related bowl at Christie’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Including The Su Zhu An Collection of Inkstones) on 27 November 2013, lot 3435, sold for HKD 937,500, and another at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Art on 7 October 2015, lot 3718, sold for HKD 1,000,000.

雍正款與年代黃地綠彩暗刻嬰戯圖碗
中國，1723-1735年。碗撇口，深腹，圈足，內外壁皆施黃釉，內壁光素無紋，外壁在釉下經錐拱而成通景“八子鬧園”景象，再敷施綠彩，雕甍繡檻，松木葱郁，庭院之中八名孩童嬉戲其間，或玩風車，或擊鼓，或鳴鑼，熙攘中自有秩序，千姿百態，活潑可愛。

來源：Mark Turner (1906-1980) 爵士。 一位奧地利的私人收藏家，從以上獲得。Turner爵士是英國投資銀行Kleinwort Benson的董事總經理。
品相：輕微磨損。 外唇沿有一0.8厘米淺切裂紋（從內部看不到）和1.3厘米的釉面開片。 除此之外處於完美狀態。

重量：202.5 克
尺寸：直徑15.2厘米

圈足内有青花六字“大清雍正年制”雙圈款。圈足内白釉。

文獻比較：一件相近碗可見於Victoria and Albert Museum, R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, 倫敦 1986, 封面。另一件雍正六字款與年代的碗可見於北京故宮博物院的清廷收藏Miscellaneous Enameled Porcelains, 上海, 2009, 圖100。還有如Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part I, 香港 1987, 圖103。 以及C.P. Lin Collection, 明清中國藝術收藏，香港2014, 圖108。

拍賣結果比較：香港佳士得Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Including The Su Zhu An Collection of Inkstones)拍場，2013年11月 27 日，售價HKD 937,500；以及 香港蘇富比 Important Chinese Art 拍場2015年10月 7日, lot 3718, 售價1,000,000。