A FINE LARGE YELLOW-GLAZED BOWL MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING

elegantly potted with rounded sides raised on a slightly tapered foot curving to an everted rim, evenly covered overall with a glossy glaze of a pale yellow tone, the white-glazed countersunk base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark within double circles

Acquired in Japan, 2007.

The overall condition is excellent with only two minor underglaze body lines to the foot and some expected wear to the surface. The actual colour is quite close to the catalogue illustration.
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A closely related bowl in the British Museum is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collection, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 199; a pair is published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pl. 701; and another is included in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 699. See also a bowl from the Abraham collection, included in the exhibition Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, London, 1948, cat. no. 174; one from the Edward T. Chow collection, sold in these rooms, 19^th May 1981, lot 453; and a third example sold at Christie's London, 7^th June 2004, lot 79.