Добавить путь к текущему контексту, который определяет желаемую форму, и обрезать контекст перед рисованием. Пример кода:
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGPoint c = self.center ;
// Drawing code
CGContextRef cx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSaveGState(cx);
CGColorSpaceRef space = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGFloat comps[] = {1.0,1.0,0.0,1.0,0.0,1.0,0.0,1.0};
CGFloat locs[] = {0,1};
CGGradientRef g = CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents(space, comps, locs, 2);
CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();
CGPathMoveToPoint(path, NULL, c.x, c.y);
CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, c.x, c.y-100);
CGPathAddArcToPoint(path, NULL, c.x+100, c.y-100, c.x+100, c.y, 100);
CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, NULL, c.x, c.y);
CGContextAddPath(cx, path);
CGContextClip(cx);
CGContextDrawRadialGradient(cx, g, c, 1.0f, c, 320.0f, 0);
CGContextRestoreGState(cx);
... // Do some more drawing may be
}