RARE CHINESE EXPORT YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735) ROBINS EGG BLUE QUAIL BOWL. This is truly a unusual and fine quality bowl with the robins egg cracked ice ground and what looks like an egg hatching up from the center as it is raised in the perfect form of an egg, The painting is of the finest quality Chinese taste manor with each cartouche resembling different fruit. You really need to study this rare bowl to see all of the magnificent artwork. This is in fine condition with no chips,cracks but looks like it could have a few very minor frits that were filled on edge of rim. We are offing another one in the next lot without Sotheby's label. Measures 9.25" in diameter?. Provenance: Old 19th century collectors label: This also has old Sotheby Parke-Bernet label that was the original Sotheby's back in the early 1900's through 1964.