An exceptionally rare and important sacrificial-red-glazed bowl, Mark and period of Xuande | 明宣德 祭紅釉盌 《大明宣德年製》款

An exceptionally rare and important sacrificial-red-glazed bowl

Mark and period of Xuande

明宣德 祭紅釉盌 《大明宣德年製》款

the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, together with a Sotheby's Hong Kong catalogue of the T.Y Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part II, 19th May 1987 (2) 

及 香港蘇富比趙從衍收藏專拍圖錄《T.Y Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part II》，1987年5月19日

Diameter 4 in., 10.1 cm